[biān yuán]
（沿邊的部分）border; edge; fringe; margin; rim; limb; skirt; verge; brink; periphery
the verge of economic bankruptcy
經濟破產的邊緣
the edge of a precipice
懸崖的邊緣
the fringe of a forest; the verge of a forest; the margin of a forest
森林的邊緣
the farthest bounds of the ocean
大洋最遠的邊緣
live at the verge of starvation
生活在饑餓的邊緣
brink-of-war policy; brinkmanship
戰爭邊緣政策
（靠近界線的；同兩方面或多方面有關系的） marginal; borderline
borderline subject; interdisciplinary subject; peripheral subject
邊緣學科