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 jìn near / close to / approximately
 kào jìn near / to approach
 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity
 āi zhe near
 bǐ lín neighbor / next-door neighbor / near / next to
 bàng biān near / beside
 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
 bīn to approach / to border on / near
 ěr recently / near / close
 qì near
 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to
 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near
 zài jí near at hand / imminent / within sight
沿线 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance
 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near
 Kā shí Kashgar or Qeshqer (Kāshí) city and prefecture in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front
 zhǐ chǐ very close / very near
 jìn qīn close relative / near relation
 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide
 Yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 / ancient city near modern Beijing
 Shén hù Kōbe, major Japanese port near Ōsaka
 Yáng míng Shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu
 Qín Shǐ huáng líng the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
 Zhōng nán Shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains
 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right
 Lí shān Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
 Tiān tāi Shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1]
 Zhōng nán Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to
 Jìn Dōng Near East
 bì to associate with / to be near
 Hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
 Huái hǎi Zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
 Xuán kōng Sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
 bīn yú near to / approaching (collapse)
 Bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany
 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong
 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
 Sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
 Sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet
 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
 bó meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near
 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair)
 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4
 qiú strong / vigorous / robust / to draw near / to come to an end
 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
 xiá ěr yī tǐ both near and distant treated alike (idiom)
 Páng bèi Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
 Xuě yuè Shān Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea
 Lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1]
 Tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 / in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang
 Tài Hú Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
 xī sī luó jī chǎng Heathrow Airport (international airport near London)
 Píng jīn Zhàn yì Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
 Yì yǔ Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name / Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
 bàn pō cūn archaeological site near Xi'an
 Jí lán dān zhōu Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3]
 Jí lán dān Hé Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border
 Kā shí gá ěr Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
 Kā shí dì qū Qeshqer wilayiti, Kashgar or Kāshí / prefecture in west Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
 Kā shí shì Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
 Aī fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
 Ní yǎ Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
 Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
 tú yǒu qí míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)
 Bǎi qí Yì yǔ Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
 Róng chéng wān Roncheng bay near Weihai 威海市 / on north coast of Shandong
 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom)
 Hé mǔ dù yí zhǐ Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 / in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
 Fǎ lōng sì Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 / (c. 600)
 yǎn shāo corner of eye near temple
 Qín Shǐ Huáng dì líng the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an
 Qín líng the tomb of the First Emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
 Bèi lì kǎ dēng Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork / Ballycotton, music band
 jìn gǔ near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
 xiá ěr jiē zhī well-known far and near (idiom)
 yuǎn mén jìn zhī near and distant relatives
 A1 tú shí Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] / Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
 A1 tú shí shì Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] / Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
 Aī jiā dí Qún dǎo Aegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy
  Middle and Near East Regional Animal Production and Health Project
  Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Personnel Directive / UNRWA Personnel Directive
 jìn dōng qū yù Near East Region
  Near East Council of Churches
  American Near East Refugee Aid
  United Nations Centre for Social and Crimonological Research for the Near East
  Agricultural Food Marketing Association for the Near East and North Africa
  Regional Union for Agricultural Credit in the Near East and North Africa
  Regional Programme of Action for Women in Agriculture in the Near East
  Regional Centre for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development in the Near East
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