Definition & Meaning

frontier; borderland

Word usage

biān jiāng

边 疆

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HSK6 NHSK 789－1 ESC8

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n.frontier; borderland
- zhàn shì men shí kè shǒu wèi zhe zǔ guó de biān jiāng
  战士们时刻守卫着祖国的边疆。
  The soldiers guard the frontiers of their country at all times.
- tā xiě le yī běn miáo xiě biān jiāng gè shěng de zhuān zhù
  他写了一本描写边疆各省的专著。
  He wrote a book descriptive of the frontier provinces.
- xǔ duō nián qīng rén qù jiàn shè biān jiāng
  许多年轻人去建设边疆。
  Many young people went to the frontier to build it.
- biān jiāng dì qū
  边疆地区
  border area
- kāi fā biān jiāng
  开发边疆
  develop border areas
- biān jiāng chéng zhèn
  边疆城镇
  frontier towns
- zhī yuán biān jiāng
  支援边疆
  support the border areas
synonym
biān jìng边境 biān chuí边陲 biān yù边域 biān yú边隅

Word usage

Note
"边疆" is different from "边境"."边疆" refers to the place near the border of a country; "边境" refers to the place near the border of a certain area, not limited to the country. The area referred to by "边疆" is block-shaped and relatively broad; the area referred to by "边境" is strip-shaped, narrow and long.

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