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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *地* | 地* | *地
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *地* | 地* | *地
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:
HSK 1
the earth
HSK 2
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
place / site / location / venue / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
region; area (informal or geographical term) / prefecture (in China's administrative system)
HSK 3
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
land / soil / territory / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 4
underground railway; subway / subway train
HSK 2
HSK 1
in all parts of (a country) / various regions
HSK 3
subway station
HSK 2
position / status / place / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
on the ground / on the floor
HSK 1
specially / for a special purpose
HSK 6
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
local
HSK 3
floor
HSK 6
topography / terrain / landform
HSK 5
lawn / meadow / sod / turf / CL:
HSK 2
base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
HSK 5
dry land (as opposed to the sea)
HSK 4
local / this locality
HSK 6
green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) world-shaking
HSK 7-9
earthquake
HSK 5
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
geography
HSK 7-9
space / site / place / sports pitch
HSK 6
real estate
HSK 7-9
place name / toponym
HSK 6
inland / interior / hinterland
HSK 6
(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)
HSK 7-9
prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
prefecture level (the administrative tier below the provincial level, including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
basement / cellar
HSK 6
everywhere / all over
HSK 6
(coll.) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally sensitive topics as jokes (implying that laughing would send one to hell)
(botany) underground stem
land reform
to take up space / to occupy (space)
Earth's magnetic field; geomagnetism
locally / on the spot
HSK 7-9
zone / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
geomagnetic storm
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
local god / genius loci
parcel of land / (geology) massif
on-site
HSK 7-9
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
mind map
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
Freddie Mac, US mortgage company / formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
murine typhus fever
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
stack address (computing)
(idiom) barren land; desert
county court / district court
carpet / rug
HSK 7-9
secretly / in private / behind someone's back
all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
suddenly; unexpectedly
earthquake (old term)
section / district
HSK 7-9
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
somewhere / someplace / where
real estate; landed estate; landed property
long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
in unison and with one voice (dialect)
Gaza Strip
to fall to the ground
thoroughgoing / authentic / 100% / to the core
hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka / (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
HSK 7-9
circumstances
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
stranger / outsider
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
geophysics
geology
HSK 7-9
land resources
to requisition land
landlord / landowner / host
pedestrian underpass
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
low Earth orbit (LEO)
China University of Geosciences
Asia-Pacific region
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
roadside stall

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