边 缘 biān yuán edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline 畔 pàn edge / side / boundary / bank (of a river etc) / shore 边 儿 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 边 沿 biān yán edge / fringe 镶 边 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 边 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously 际 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) 沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge 缘 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along 棱 léng corner / edge / arris (sharp ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge) / protrusion 楞 léng variant of 稜|棱[leng2], corner / square beam / edge / arris (curve formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge) / used in 楞迦[Leng2 jia1], Sri Lanka 湄 méi brink / edge 塝 bàng the edge / border of a field 沿 儿 yán r edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿) 前 线 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge 刀 锋 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool 濒 临 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to 锋 芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard 水 浒 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 提 心 吊 胆 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge 神 经 质 shén jīng zhì nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic 棱 角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner 水 边 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) 地 头 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page 迎 刃 而 解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved 切 口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book) 刀 口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision 擦 边 球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 卫 星 城 wèi xīng chéng "satellite" town / edge city / exurb 悬 崖 勒 马 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time 毛 边 máo biān raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc) / rough edge 擦 边 cā biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality) 锋 fēng point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team) 刃 rèn edge of blade 冉 rǎn edge of a tortoiseshell / see 冉冉[ran3 ran3] 锷 è blade edge / sharp 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 后 缘 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 驳 岸 bó àn a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment / revetment 濆 fén edge of water 壖 ruán land on water edge or under wall 斿 yóu scallops along lower edge of flag 裍 kǔn a border or band on the edge of a dress 凸 边 tū biān rim / protruding edge 挨 边 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) 木 讷 老 人 mù nè lǎo rén ungraduated ruler / straight edge 溜 边 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved 溜 边 儿 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved 轮 缘 lún yuán rim / edge of wheel 马 路 沿 儿 mǎ lù yán r roadside / edge of the road 搬 起 石 头 砸 自 己 的 脚 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard 勚 yì (literary) toilsome / laborious / (of an edge etc) worn out / blunt K电 子 吸 收 限 密 度 计 K-absorption edge densitometry / K-edge densitometry K吸 收 限 Kxī shōu xiàn K-absorption edge X射 线 吸 收 限 密 度 计 Xshè xiàn xī shōu xiàn mì duó jì X-ray absorption edge densitometer 边 缘 生 境 bian yuán shēng jìng edge habitat 羽 状 边 yǔ zhuàng bian feather edge 南 极 冰 缘 区 海 洋 生 态 系 统 研 究 nán jí bīng yuán qū hǎi yáng shēng tài xì tǒng yán jiū Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone 大 陆 边 外 缘 outer edge of the continental margin 坚 冰 边 缘 jiān bīng bian yuán fast-ice edge 边 缘 城 市 bian yuán chéng shì edge city 边 缘 效 应 edge effect 边 际 效 应 edge effect 保 护 水 体 边 缘 运 动 bǎo hù shuǐ tǐ bian yuán yùn dòng Campaign for the Conservation of the Water's Edge 冰 缘 bīng yuán ice edge 陆 架 边 缘 shelf edge / shelf break 战 斗 地 域 前 沿 forward edge of the battle area / front edge of the battle area 大 陆 架 边 缘 重 力 异 常 edge effect anomaly 插 脚 chā jiǎo to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong 褾 biǎo cuff / border or edge (of clothing) / old variant of 裱[biao3] 牙 子 yá zi serrated edge / (old) middleman / broker 𬬮 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 𣸣 fén edge of water 开 刃 kāi rèn to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc 敲 锣 边 儿 qiāo luó biān er to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute)