"Neighbor" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lín jū neighbor / next door / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gé bì next door / neighbor
 xiāng lín neighbor / adjacent
 lín lǐ neighbor / neighborhood
 jiē fāng neighborhood / neighbor
 bǐ lín neighbor / next-door neighbor / near / next to
 lín zuò person in next seat / adjacent seat / neighbor
 lín rén neighbor
 lín shè neighbor / person next door
 lín yòu neighbor
 lín zuǒ neighbor
 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household / adjacent country (short for 鄰接的國家|邻接的国家[lin2 jie1 de5 guo2 jia1])
 lín guó bordering country / neighbor country / neighboring countries / surrounding countries
 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor
 mù lín to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor
 jìn lín close neighbor
 yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
 dì lín neighbor on farmland
 gāo lín distinguished neighbor (honorific)
 gé bì Lǎo Wáng Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
 gé bì lín jū next-door neighbor
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