交界 (jiāo jiè): common boundary; common border

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HSK 7verb

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两个地方或两种事物相连接的地方，也就是它们共同的边界。常用于地理上相邻的区域，比如两国交界的地方、城市与乡村的交界。也可以比喻不同领域或状态相连接、相接的地方，如白天与黑夜的交界、两个时代的交界。强调相连处的界限或分界位置。

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HSK 7

(bound form) boundary

At the river that forms the border between the two countries, there is a lively border market where many people come to do business every day.

Where Hubei and Chongqing meet, the mountains are high and the roads steep, so you must be especially careful when driving through.

This forest is the boundary zone between a nature reserve and a village, and wild animals often come out to look for food.

On the map, that dotted line marks the boundary between the two provinces, but in reality there is no obvious boundary marker.

In the evening, I stood at the boundary between the city and the countryside, with tall buildings on one side and green farmland on the other.

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