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  • 1

    n.north-west

    • miàn cháo xī běi

      西北

      face the northwest

    • zhǐ nán zhēn zhǐ xiàng xī běi

      指南针指向西北

      The compass had a northwest reading.

    • gāi zhōu xī běi jiǎo de yī gè nóng chǎng

      西北农场

      a farm in the far north-west corner of the state

  • 2

    n.Northwest China [including Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai provinces, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and the west of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region]

    • kāi fàng xī běi

      开放西北

      open up Northwest China

    • tā men zhèng tàn suǒ xī běi guǎng kuò de wèi zhī lǐng yù

      他们探索西北广阔未知领域

      They are exploring the vast uncharted territory of the northwest.