地 面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface 地 earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] 地 皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground 地 线 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 窗 口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 地 上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 抬 头 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc 开 拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) 主 场 zhǔ chǎng home ground (sports) / home field / main venue / main stadium 落 地 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land 球 场 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 陆 军 lù jūn army / ground forces 倒 地 dǎo dì to fall to the ground 据 此 jù cǐ according to this / on the ground of the above / (formally introduces reported speech in writing) 底 层 dǐ céng ground or first floor / bottom (of a pile) / lowest rung (of society) 摔 倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground 出 土 chū tǔ to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground 靖 国 神 社 Jìng guó Shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 中 山 大 学 Zhōng shān Dà xué Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists 平 地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain 操 场 cāo chǎng playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4] 坠 毁 zhuì huǐ (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash 脚 踏 实 地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character 交 集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection 共 同 点 gòng tóng diǎn common ground 地 摊 dì tān street stall with goods laid out on the ground 反 扑 fǎn pū to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground 胡 椒 粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 破 土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project 首 层 shǒu céng first floor / ground floor 一 败 涂 地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat 别 开 生 面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground 温 床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition 刑 场 xíng chǎng execution ground / gallows / scaffold 高 空 作 业 gāo kōng zuò yè to work high above the ground 翻 云 覆 雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 土 层 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 洼 地 wā dì depression / low-lying ground 准 绳 zhǔn shéng yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule 攻 击 机 gōng jī jī ground attack aircraft 围 场 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 渔 场 yú chǎng fishing ground 天 寒 地 冻 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold 校 场 jiào chǎng military drill ground 席 地 而 坐 xí dì ér zuò to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom) 夷 为 平 地 yí wéi píng dì to level / to raze to the ground 卧 倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground 停 机 坪 tíng jī píng aircraft parking ground / apron / tarmac (at airport) 肉 馅 ròu xiàn ground meat / mincemeat 练 习 场 liàn xí chǎng driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground 碎 肉 suì ròu ground meat / mincemeat 求 同 存 异 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) 肉 末 ròu mò ground meat 炸 酱 面 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) 赛 马 场 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 法 场 fǎ chǎng execution ground 力 排 众 议 lì pái zhòng yì to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom) 动 土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building 铲 平 chǎn píng to flatten / to level / to raze to the ground 豆 汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk 偏 安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away 地 勤 dì qín ground service (airport) 土 鳖 tǔ biē ground beetle / (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas / (dialect) country bumpkin 狩 猎 场 shòu liè chǎng hunting ground 贮 水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 画 地 为 牢 huà dì wéi láo lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities 夷 平 yí píng to level / to raze to the ground 伏 流 fú liú hidden stream / ground stream 中 间 派 zhōng jiān pài moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground 登 to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) 万 丈 高 楼 平 地 起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 地 滚 球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball 抢 (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary 稽 to bow to the ground 埂 strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields 碡 stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 粞 ground rice / thresh rice 埯 hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble 夼 low ground / hollow / depression (used in Shandong place names) 醊 pour libation on ground 鲊 salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments 崛 地 而 起 jué dì ér qǐ lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom) / sudden emergence of prominent new feature 脚 不 沾 地 jiǎo bù zhān dì feet not touching the ground (idiom) / to run like the wind 蟅 locust / Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis) 步 行 虫 bù xíng chóng ground beetle 地 勤 人 员 dì qín rén yuán (airport) ground crew 破 土 典 礼 pò tǔ diǎn lǐ ground breaking ceremony 塽 elevated prominent ground 拔 地 bá dì to rise steeply from level ground 出 大 差 chū dà chāi lit. to go on a long trip / fig. to be sent to the execution ground 北 洋 军 Běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution 唐 楼 táng lóu 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) 地 面 层 dì miàn céng ground floor / first floor 地 面 控 制 dì miàn kòng zhì ground control (of airborne or space operation) 地 面 气 压 dì miàn qì yā ground pressure 地 面 部 队 dì miàn bù duì ground troops 地 面 零 点 dì miàn líng diǎn ground zero 坎 子 kǎn zi raised ground / bank 基 面 jī miàn ground plane (in perspective drawing) 天 摇 地 转 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom)
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