WordTaiwan frequency #16,538
彼岸
ㄅㄧˇ ㄢˋ
“the other shore; opposite bank; Buddhist term for nirvana; metaphor for an ideal or longed-for realm”
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- 兩岸ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄢˋboth sides of a river or sea; especially Taiwan and mainland China across the Taiwan Strait.
- 彼此ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇeach other; one another; both sides; mutual; similar situations on both sides (often used in reduplicated form).
- 海岸ㄏㄞˇ ㄢˋcoast; seacoast; land bordering the sea.
- 對岸ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄢˋthe opposite bank or shore across a river or body of water; (by extension, in Taiwan usage) mainland China, as seen from Taiwan.