Place the bookshelf with its opening facing outward.
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usage
朝 here is the preposition 'facing/toward' (cháo, not zhāo 'morning'). In Beijing, 朝外 is also the everyday name for the Chaoyangmen-Outer district - 朝外大街 (Chaowai Street) is one of the city's main east-side commercial drags.
