地 球 dì qiú the earth 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 earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] 地 线 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 土 earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] 尘 dust / dirt / earth 舆 (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (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 壤 (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) 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 香 格 里 拉 Xiāng gé lǐ lā 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 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. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / 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 有 生 之 年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime / while one is on this earth / in one's remaining years 白 道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 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 to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people) 堪 (bound form) may / can / (bound form) to endure / to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2]) 拱 to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched 埂 strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields 墒 plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow 祇 god of the earth 畚 a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc 埝 earth embankment used to hold back or retain water / dike around a paddy field 蔂 basket for carrying earth 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) 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 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 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 basket for removing earth / spade 罏 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 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 a clod of earth / land 
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