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Pinyin: jìng
English Definition: border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
Chinese Definition:
①用本义。边境,国境。[例]至齐境。——《吕氏春秋·赞能》。
②字本作“竟”。[例]亡不越竟。——《左传·宣公二年》。[例]边竟有人焉。——《庄子·天道》。[例]其竟关之政尽察。——《荀子·富国》。[例]与燕王会境上。——《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》。
③廉颇送至境。[例]屯于境上。——《史记·魏公子列传》。
④起视四境。——宋·苏洵《权书·六国论》。[合]出境(离开国境);入境(进入国境);境宇(国境,疆土);境人(境内之人;本地人);境头(结果;亦作“景头”。神佛点化人制造的幻境);境土(疆域;领地);境会(在边界上聚会)。
⑤境况。[合]境物(四周的环境与景物);家境(家庭的经济状况);境象(景象;情境)。
⑥居所,地方。[例]结庐在人境,而无车马喧。——晋·陶潜《饮酒诗》。[例]士大夫出其境。——《明史》。
⑦地步,境界。[合]处境(所处的境地);困境(困难的处境);佳境(美好的境界)。
⑧佛教指成为心意对象之世界。[合]尘境;色境;法境等;境头(所谓前身的情景。多指神佛点化的梦兆)。
⑨景象,景物。[例]槛外诸境。——(英)赫胥黎著、严复译《天演论》。
Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ jìng ] finally, after all, at last; indeed; unexpected
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Example Words
环境 huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; Classifiers: ; ambient
境内 jìng nèi within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic
境界 jìng jiè boundary; state; realm
边境 biān jìng frontier; border
境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders
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Example Sentences
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How to protect the environment?
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We need to be mindful of protecting the environment.
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We should care about environmental protection.
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We should actively protect the environment.
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He has already adapted to the new environment.