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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
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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
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
atmosphere (surrounding the earth) / imposing; impressive; stylish
HSK 7-9
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
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  *拱* | 拱* | *拱
to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
earth; soil; mud; clay
HSK 7-9
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest
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
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)
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  *坤* | 坤* | *坤
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth / female principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
earth (electric connection) / to earth
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
state / country / the Gods of earth and grain
to earth up
the surface (of the earth)
world / earth
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  *堪* | 堪* | *堪
(bound form) may; can / (bound form) to endure; to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆)
to tamp / to ram (earth etc)
on earth
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
(loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth
(geology) (the earth's) mantle
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  *培* | 培* | *培
to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people)
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  *壤* | 壤* | *壤
(bound form) soil; earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven )
saline and alkaline (earth)
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  *尘* | 尘* | *尘
dust / dirt / earth
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
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  *舆* | 舆* | *舆
(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy ) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair; palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
earth (wire) / ground
the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart
equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator
frozen earth / permafrost / tundra
the earth's ocean / the hydrosphere (geology)
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
the earth's core / geocentric
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  *祇* | 祇* | *祇
god of the earth
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
rare earth (chemistry)
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程) / (TCM) folk remedy
heaven and earth / yin and yang
Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
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
to obliterate completely / to vanish from the face of the earth
the Earth's crust
(idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
burial (in earth)
the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
rammed earth
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
the whole earth / the universe
core of the earth (geology)
earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work
(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
scorched earth
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  *埂* | 埂* | *埂
strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields
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  *垍* | 垍* | *垍
hard earth
earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth
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  *埝* | 埝* | *埝
earth embankment used to hold back or retain water / dike around a paddy field
(astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道) / law-abiding citizenry
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  *坴* | 坴* | *坴
a clod of earth / land
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  *垏* | 垏* | *垏
(literary) earth ridge between fields / (used in place names)
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
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  *墒* | 墒* | *墒
plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
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  *埵* | 埵* | *埵
solid earth
the earth's axis
to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
(dialect) clod (of earth)
to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation
earth-shaking
vanished from the face of the earth / all gone / nothing left
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  *楗* | 楗* | *楗
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
heaven and earth (idiom)
large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 for mid-level cadres and 小灶 for the most privileged)
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  *雘* | 雘* | *雘
red earth used for paints
strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields
rammed earth / adobe house
clay ox / mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)
The ends of the earth
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  *罏* | 罏* | *罏
pile of earth to keep wine jars

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