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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
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
land / soil / territory / CL: , 塊|块
HSK 4
in all parts of (a country) / various regions
HSK 3
specially / for a special purpose
HSK 6
local
HSK 3
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
space / site / place / sports pitch
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
everywhere / all over
HSK 6
to take up space / to occupy (space)
locally / on the spot
HSK 7-9
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
local god / genius loci
on-site
HSK 7-9
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
(idiom) barren land; desert
secretly / in private / behind someone's back
in unison and with one voice (dialect)
to fall to the ground
circumstances
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
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
to requisition land
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
lowland
to prepare the soil (agriculture)
garden area
HSK 6
cemetery / graveyard
HSK 7-9
opinion / view / insight
(idiom) thank goodness
construction site
HSK 7-9
(loanword) brandy
location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public); sensitive area
blessed land; a place rich in beauty or natural resources etc / (term of respect) your place
place for activities (playground, event venue etc)
air-to-surface (missile)
a world of ice and snow
earth (electric connection) / to earth
to level the land / level ground / plain
here / this place
destination (location)
HSK 7-9
character
earth-shaking
trouble spot / sketchy area
colony
source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
HSK 7-9
churchyard
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country
birthplace
mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan) / Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition
HSK 7-9
all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world
to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
well-known scenic spot
to lose territory / lost territory
current address / place of residence
dependency / possession / annexed territory
earth-shattering
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
field / farmland / cropland / plight / extent
to distribute land
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
arable land / to plow land
HSK 7-9
to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land
HSK 7-9
to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
every part of the country
to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length
according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like
place of origin / birthplace / source
HSK 7-9
al-Qaeda
(geography) basin / depression
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
anytime and anywhere
HSK 7-9
living area / residential area
habitat
authentic / original
(Tw) the land on which a school is built (or is intended to be built)
danger spot / Jedi (in Star Wars)
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman
a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents
suddenly; abruptly
swiftly / suddenly
original source / place of origin / provenance
location; site

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