"Surrounding" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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外围 wài wéi surrounding
周遭 zhōu zāo surrounding / nearby
融会贯通 róng huì guàn tōng to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas
瘀血 yū xuè clotted blood / extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue) / thrombosis
京畿 jīng jī capital city and its surrounding area
结膜 jié mó conjunctiva (membrane surrounding the eyeball)
芝兰 zhī lán lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
闽南话 Mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
冤情 yuān qíng facts of an injustice / circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
悬河 xuán hé "hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words
京畿道 Jīng jī dào Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]
三合院 sān hé yuàn residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides
翼 yì wing / area surrounding the bullseye of a target / to assist / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / old variant of 翌
瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion
前后文 qián hòu wén context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
外侧裂周区 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
闽南语 Mǐn nán yǔ Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min
吴语 Wú yǔ Wu dialects (spoken primarily in Shanghai and surrounding areas)
围城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom) / strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
外侧裂週圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
东交民巷 Dōng jiāo mín xiàng East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959
髓鞘 suǐ qiào myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
外侧裂周围 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
侵限 qīn xiàn intrusion / perimeter breach / (esp.) (of a person or a foreign object) to breach the perimeter surrounding railway tracks
后海 Hòu hǎi Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
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