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濱

简滨 · 繁濱

Mandarin · pinyin bīn

(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore
(bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)

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滨: bīn · beach, sea coast; river bank

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1 · bin1

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shore; beach; coast; bank
to border on; to be adjacent to
(obsolete) alternative form of 瀕 /濒 (bīn, “imminent; about to; nearly”)
(literary) border; edge

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