jiāng

border

boundary

bow (弓) + land divisions (畺) + earth (土) = the border of the land

畺 depicts three fields stacked between two dividing lines, evoking parceled land; 弓 suggests the drawn boundary line, and 土 anchors it all in physical earth.

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地区的生活和城市很不一样。

biān jiāng dì qū de shēng huó hé chéng shì hěn bù yī yàng。

Life in the border regions is very different from the cities.

保卫边是每个士兵的责任。

bǎo wèi biān jiāng shì měi gè shì bīng de zé rèn。

Defending the frontier is every soldier's duty.

Words with 疆

边疆

biān jiāng

border area

边疆区

biān jiāng qū

krai (Russian administrative territory)

开疆

kāi jiāng

to pioneer a frontier area

开疆拓土

kāi jiāng tuò tǔ

(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets

阿塞拜疆

ā sài bài jiāng

Azerbaijan

北疆

běi jiāng

northern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains 天山[Tian1 Shan1])

南疆

nán jiāng

southern border (of a country)

大疆

dà jiāng

DJI, Chinese technology company

封疆

fēng jiāng

border region

新疆

xīn jiāng

see 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

新疆手抓饭

xīn jiāng shǒu zhuā fàn

Xinjiang-style pilaf, made with lamb

新疆歌鸲

xīn jiāng gē qú

(bird species of China) common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

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