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边缘

biān yuán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 邊緣

边缘 (biān yuán) means "edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 边缘 means

1. edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
2. marginal; borderline

The characters in 边缘

• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma

Example sentences

• 侧边栏显示在网站标志下方的页面边缘。
  The sidebar is displayed on the edge of the page below the site logo.
• 在人类自我毁灭的边缘，第一次接触成了福音。
  Zài rénlèi zìwǒ huǐmiè de biānyuán, dìyīcì jiēchù chéngle fúyīn.
  First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.
• 由于完全的俄罗斯化在白俄罗斯里，白俄罗斯语在绝灭的边缘。
  Yóuyú wánquán de éluósī huà zài Bái'éluósī lǐ, Bái'éluósī yǔ zài juémiè de biānyuán.
  Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.
• 一个伟大的帝国, 就像是一个大蛋糕, 最容易消失的地方就在边缘。
  Yī gè wěidà de dìguó, jiù xiàng shì yī gè dà dàngāo, zuì róngyì xiāoshī de dìfang jiù zài biānyuán.
  A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.
• 印度一家全女性新闻编辑室今年引起了国际社会的关注，该编辑室的员工由本国边缘群体构成，其中包括达利特人。
  An all-women's newsroom in India staffed by members of the country's marginalized communities including Dalits, has been attracting international attention this year.
• 在青春期，我厌倦生活，并持续陷入自杀的边缘。然而，在那期间，对数学知识的渴望，使我抑制住了那些负面情绪。
  Zài qīngchūnqī, wǒ yànjuàn shēnghuó, bìng chíxù xiànrù zìshā de biānyuán. rán'ér, zài nà qījiān, duìshù xué zhīshi de kěwàng, shǐ wǒ yìzhì zhù le nàxiē fùmiàn qíngxù.
  In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics.

Words starting with 边缘

• 边缘化biān yuán huàto marginalize; marginalization
• 边缘人biān yuán rénmarginalized people (not part of mainstream society)…
• 边缘地区biān yuán dì qūborder area
• 边缘系统biān yuán xì tǒnglimbic system
• 边缘性人格障碍biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng àiborderline personality disorder (BPD)

Where 边缘 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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