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  *地* | 地* | *地
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:
HSK 1
the earth
HSK 2
life (one's time on earth)
HSK 3
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
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  *土* | 土* | *土
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
on earth
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest
HSK 7-9
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
earth's gravity
the whole earth / the universe
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
low Earth orbit (LEO)
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
burial (in earth)
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
earth; soil; mud; clay
HSK 7-9
earth (electric connection) / to earth
heaven and earth / yin and yang
earth-shaking
what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
in touch with the common people / down-to-earth
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  *培* | 培* | *培
to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people)
earth-shattering
atmosphere (surrounding the earth) / imposing; impressive; stylish
HSK 7-9
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance
to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
(geology) (the earth's) mantle
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
the Earth's crust
earth's magnetic field
the surface (of the earth)
Kosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia
to ram (earth) / to compact earth by ramming
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
the earth's magnetic field
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
frozen earth / permafrost / tundra
to tamp / to ram (earth etc)
rare earth (chemistry)
rare earth element (chemistry)
the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
world / earth
Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth) / Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth around the Sun)
horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite / also written 斯普特尼克
to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy
as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless
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  *埂* | 埂* | *埂
strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
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  *坤* | 坤* | *坤
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth / female principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
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  *塵* | 塵* | *塵
dust / dirt / earth
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
earth science
August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土, the Earth Deity)
empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy
the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
(geology) (the earth's) mantle (Tw)
to heap earth (to close a tomb) / a mound (covering a tomb)
tectonic movement / movement of earth's crust
pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth)
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work
beyond the earth / outer space
lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. wide difference of opinion
(loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits
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  *畚* | 畚* | *畚
a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
state / country / the Gods of earth and grain
Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth
lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
rammed earth
Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth
(archaic) Earth Deity (name used in the Han dynasty, but later largely superseded by 后土)
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
Yu Xi, Chinese astronomer (c. 270-345), known for discovering the earth's precession
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  *墒* | 墒* | *墒
plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow
equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator
earth history / geological history
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  *蔂* | 蔂* | *蔂
basket for carrying earth

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