HSK V2
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西方

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Definition

the West/the Occident/Western countries

Example

As a Noun

west

1
Dōngfāngbùliàngxīfāngliàng
东方不亮西方亮
  
,
hēi
黑
le
了
nánfāng
南方
yǒu
有
běifāng
北方
  
。

When it is dark in the east, it is light in the west; when things are dark in the south, there is still light in the north.

2
Rìluò
日落
xīfāng
西方
  
。

The sun sets in the west.

3
Zhēng
正
xīfāng
西方

due west

4
Xiàng
向
xīfāng
西方
xíngjìn
行进

travel in a westerly direction

As a Noun

) the West; the Occident

5
Xīfāng
西方
hé
和
dōngfāng
东方
de
的
wénhuà
文化
bùtóng
不同
  
。

The Occident and the Orient have different cultures.

6
Dōngxīfāng
东西方
guānxi
关系

East-West relations

7
Xīfāng
西方
wénhuà
文化
  
/
jiàzhí
价值
guānniàn
观念
  
/
wénmíng
文明
  
/
zhéxué
哲学

Western culture/values/civilization/philosophy

8
Xīfāng
西方
shēnghuó
生活
fāngshì
方式

Western way of life; Western lifestyle

9
Xīfāng
西方
lǐngdǎorén
领导人

leaders from the West

10
Xīfāng
西方
lièqiáng
列强

Western imperialist powers

11
Xīfāng
西方
de
的
kēxué
科学
jìshù
技术

Western science and technology

12
Xīfāng
西方
guójiā
国家
  
/
jīngjìxué
经济学

Western countries/economics

As a Noun

Buddhist/Western Paradise

13
Xīfāng
西方
jìngtǔ
净土

heavenly paradise (of Buddhism); happy land in the west; Buddhist heaven/paradise; Sukhavati; Pure Land of the West

14
Xīfāng
西方
jílèshìjiè
极乐世界

Western Paradise; land of ultimate freedom