一带 yídài region
region; area
How to remember 一带: 一 one + 带 belt = region.
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How it is used
- The area around / the vicinity of a place - 北京一带 (Běijīng yídài) the Beijing area, 这一带 (zhè yídài) around here, 沿海一带 (yánhǎi yídài) the coastal region.
- Vaguer than a precise district; it sweeps in a place and its surroundings. Also the name of China's 一带一路 (Belt and Road) initiative.