the East

( 数 ) power

all directions

( 前面 ) front

the South ⇒ 南方风俗 nánfāng fēngsú → a southern custom

both sides pl

rear

( 形状 ) square

folk remedy

locality ⇒ 地方政府 dìfāng zhèngfǔ → local government ⇒ 地方方言 dìfāng fāngyán → local accent

collapse

prescription

every way ⇒ 多方协助 duōfāng xiézhù → all manner of help

( 慷慨 ) generous

official

other side ⇒ 恋爱中的男女很少介意对方的缺点。 Liàn'ài zhōng de nánnǚ hěnshǎo jièyì duìfāng de quēdiǎn. → People who are in love rarely mind about their partner's weaknesses.

( 数 ) square

position

( 便利 ) convenient ⇒ 上海的交通很方便。 Shànghǎi de jiāotōng hěn fāngbiàn. → Transport in Shanghai is easy. ⇒ 我们应把方便留给他人。 Wǒmen yīng bǎ fāngbiàn liú gěi tārén. → We should make things easy for people.

direction ⇒ 你要朝那个方向走。 Nǐ yào cháo nàge fāngxiàng zǒu. → You need to go in that direction. ⇒ 他们在森林里迷失了方向。 Tāmen zài sēnlín li míshīle fāngxiàng. → They got disoriented in the wood.

( 药方 ) prescription ⇒ 开方子 kāi fāngzi → write a prescription

( 心绪 ) mind ⇒ 他乱了方寸。 Tā luànle fāngcùn. → He felt very troubled.

way ⇒ 生活方式 shēnghuó fāngshì → way of life ⇒ 生产方式 shēngchǎn fāngshì → production method ⇒ 她用简单的方式解决了问题。 Tā yòng jiǎndān de fāngshì jiějuéle wèntí. → She solved the problem in a simple way.

just now ⇒ 方才的事你不要放在心上。 Fāngcái de shì nǐ bùyào fàng zài xīn shang. → Don't take to heart what happened just now.

plan ⇒ 退休金方案 tuìxiūjīn fāng'àn → pension scheme ⇒ 校长在制定本期工作方案。 Xiàozhǎng zài zhìdìng běn qī gōngzuò fāng'àn. → The head teacher is drawing up a work plan for the term.

( 不歪斜 ) square

method

strategy

equation

dialect

policy

( 指人 ) side ⇒ 优势在我们方面。 Yōushì zài wǒmen fāngmiàn. → Our side has the advantage.

competent ⇒ 新经理管理有方，受到一致拥护。 Xīn jīnglǐ guǎnlǐ yǒufāng, shòudào yīzhì yōnghù. → The new manager is very competent and enjoys universal support.

analogy ⇒ 比方说 bǐfang shuō → for example ⇒ 她打了个比方,把学英语比作建房子。 Tā dǎle gè bǐfang, bǎ xué Yīngyǔ bǐzuò jiàn fángzi. → She drew an analogy between learning English and building a house.

secret recipe

cube ⇒ 2的立方是8。 Èr de lìfāng shì bā. → 2 cubed is 8.

prescription ⇒ 医生给我开了一张药方。 Yīshēng gěi wǒ kāile yī zhāng yàofāng. → The doctor wrote me out a prescription.

the West

square

afar ⇒ 客人们从远方来。 Kèrénmen cóng yuǎnfāng lái. → The guests have come from afar.

dispense prescriptions

leisurely pace

methodology

rectangle

do everything in one's power ⇒ 医护人员千方百计抢救病人。 Yīhù rényuán qiān fāng bǎi jì qiǎngjiù bìngrén. → The hospital staff did everything in their power to save the patient.

be far apart ⇒ 夫妻俩现在是天各一方。 Fūqī liǎ xiànzài shì tiān gè yī fāng. → The couple are currently far away from each other.

pie in the sky ⇒ 你的想法简直就是天方夜谭。 Nǐ de xiǎngfǎ jiǎnzhí jiùshì Tiānfāng yè tán. → Your ideas are just pie in the sky.

move heaven and earth ⇒ 她遇到困难时,朋友们想方设法帮她解决。 Tā yùdào kùnnan shí, péngyoumen xiǎng fāng shè fǎ bāng tā jiějué. → When she encountered a difficulty, her friends moved heaven and earth to help her.

be on the rise

have plenty of time