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1.东；东方the direction that you look towards to see the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass

2.东部；东边the eastern part of a country, region or city

4.（旧时）中欧和东欧共产主义国家(in the past) the Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe

1.东方的；向东的；东部的in or towards the east

1.向东；朝东towards the east

1.东,东方

2.〈美〉东部;东方

3.东边,东面

4.〈诗〉东风

1.东方的;从东方来的;东部的,东边的

1.向东,往东;在东方;从东方

1.the direction that is in front of you when you are facing the rising sun, and is usually at the right on a map; the part of a country, region, or place that is in the east

2.the eastern part of the U.S., especially the states east of the Mississippi and north of Washington, D.C.; the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan; the countries in the eastern part of Europe

1.in the east, or facing toward the east

2.an east wind blows from the east

1.toward the east