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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *層* | 層* | *層
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樓* | 樓* | *樓
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
on the ground / on the floor
HSK 1
floor / ground / surface
HSK 4
floor
HSK 6
pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater)
HSK 5
area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拖* | 拖* | *拖
to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
HSK 6
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
floor tile
floor; story (of a building)
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length
tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China)
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
dinner show / dinner and floor show
floor / platform
pelvic floor (anatomy)
small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
exchange / trading floor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磚* | 磚* | *磚
brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)
valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low
relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area
ground floor / first floor
basic salary / base pay / salary floor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *場* | 場* | *場
threshing floor / classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
floor with tiled design
to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce; to wipe the floor with; to be far superior
ground floor; first floor
floor tile
to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb)
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)
lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
seven floor pagoda
to make one's bed on the floor
(martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)
(anatomy) pelvic floor
top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
to mop the floor
dance floor
(used on signs) caution – wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery")
top floor / the top of a building
floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
to clean the floor / (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor / (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing / to defend (a wrongdoer) / (coll.) to carpet-bomb
ocean floor / bottom of the ocean
to wax (a car, floor etc)
tabula (horizontal floor of polyp)
floor lamp
drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month
threshing floor
floor tom (drum kit component)
first floor / ground floor
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore)
threshing floor
(architecture) clear height; vertical clearance (from the floor to the lowest hanging object, such as a beam, pipe or ceiling) / (coll.) a person's height measured without shoes; actual height
floor-to-ceiling window / French window
floor mat; bathroom mat; car mat; doormat
(Tw) shared-facilities ratio (expressed as a percentage of the total floor space of a building)
to vacuum the floor
red waistcoat / (stock market) floor trader; floor broker
tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
floor monitor; foldback speaker; wedge monitor
roadway / floor / deck / bridge floor
basement level 1; floor B1
dinner show / dinner and floor show
to thresh grain (on the floor)
floor
floor (gymnastics)
(of floors, roads etc) wet and slippery
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
threshing floor
to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor)


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