"Earth" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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地球 dì qiú the earth / CL:個|个[ge4]
人间 rén jiān the human world / the earth
大地 dà dì earth / mother earth
世间 shì jiān world / earth
泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay
接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth
地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地线 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground
土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
尘 chén dust / dirt / earth
壤 rǎng soil / earth
天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
世上 shì shàng on earth
干嘛 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
地盘 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe
天边 tiān biān horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
天外 Tiān Wài beyond the earth / outer space
铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
天涯海角 tiān yá hǎi jiǎo the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart
稀土 xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry)
主站 zhǔ zhàn hub Earth station
荡然无存 dàng rán wú cún to obliterate completely / to vanish from the face of the earth
地藏 Dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
赤道 chì dào equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator
天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from
翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain
寰宇 huán yǔ the whole earth / the universe
土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy
顶天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
不知天高地厚 bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
开天辟地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
地坛 Dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
土墙  earth wall
天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless
黄土地 huáng tǔ dì the yellow earth (of China)
昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
冻土 dòng tǔ frozen earth / permafrost / tundra
地球科学 dì qiú kē xué earth science
上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth
培土 péi tǔ to earth up
焦土 jiāo tǔ scorched earth
地球日  Earth Day
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂
地核 dì hé core of the earth (geology)
地面站  earth station
坚壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom) / to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy
稀土元素 xī tǔ yuán sù rare earth element (chemistry)
非驴非马 fēi lu:2 fēi mǎ neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
卫星地面站  satellite earth station
培 péi to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people)
拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
埂 gěng strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields
墒 shāng plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow
祇 qí god of the earth
畚 běn a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
埝 niàn earth embankment used to hold back or retain water / dike around a paddy field
蔂 luó basket for carrying earth
楗 jiàn 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)
人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom) / suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
地动山摇 dì dòng shān yáo the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom) / a tremendous battle
雘 huò red earth used for paints
人间天堂 rén jiān tiān táng heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou
土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body
埋天怨地 mán tiān yuàn dì lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth / fig. to rave and rant
天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom) / earth-shattering / a radical change
皇天后土 huáng tiān hòu tǔ heaven and earth (idiom)
空室清野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy
震天动地 zhèn tiān dòng dì to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
地角天涯 dì jiǎo tiān yá The ends of the earth
扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
哪门子 nǎ mén zi (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth
四大 sì dà 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[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
锕系元素 ā xì yuán sù actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕[a1], thorium Th90 釷|钍[tu3], protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤[pu2], uranium U92 鈾|铀[you2], neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎[na2], plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚[bu4], americium Am95 鎇|镅[mei2], curium Cm96 鋦|锔[ju2], berkelium Bk97 錇|锫[pei2], californium Cf98 鐦|锎[kai1], einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿[ai1], fermium Fm100 鐨|镄[fei4], mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔[men2], nobelium No102 鍩|锘[nuo4], lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹[lao2]
埵 duǒ solid earth
干麽 gàn má why on earth / whatever for
降世 jiàng shì lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal) / to be born
梩 lí basket for removing earth / spade
罏 lú pile of earth to keep wine jars
万维天罗地网 Wàn wéi Tiān luó Dì wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3]
地藏菩萨 Dì zàng Pú sà 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
地藏王菩萨 Dì zàng wáng Pú sà 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
坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together
夯土 hāng tǔ rammed earth
碱土金属 jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔ alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 / and radium Ra 鐳|镭)
坴 liù a clod of earth / land
稀土金属 xī tǔ jīn shǔ rare earth element
五常 wǔ cháng five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 / and fidelity 信 / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) / five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
人不为己，天诛地灭 rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
兵来将挡，水来土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
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