"The earth" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dì qiú the earth
 rén jiān the human world / the earth
 yú (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
 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])
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