瘠薄 jí bó (of land) infertile / barren syn 南泥湾 南泥灣 nán ní wān Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces 埆 què (of land) barren / stony 薄地 bó dì barren land / poor soil syn 薄田 bó tián barren field / poor land 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 穷山恶水 窮山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment syn 寸草不生 cùn cǎo - bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 哀鸿遍野 哀鴻遍野 āi hóng biàn yě lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom) / fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land syn 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain / barren hill 荒漠 huāng mò desert / desolate wilderness / barren wasteland / vast and desolate syn 贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren / infertile / poor syn 荒岛 荒島 huāng dǎo barren or uninhabited island / CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4] 不毛 bù máo barren 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 瘠 jí barren / lean syn 屺 qǐ (literary) a barren hill 戈壁荒滩 戈壁荒灘 gē bì huāng tān barren sands of the Gobi desert 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 耕地 gēng dì arable land / to plow land syn 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 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 陆上 陸上 lù shàng land-based / on land syn 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land / fertile land syn 地租 dì zū land rent / land tax 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey syn 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 公地 gōng dì public land / land in common use 殊乡 殊鄉 shū xiāng foreign land / faraway land 开地 開地 kāi dì to clear land (for cultivation) / to open up land 隐土 隱土 yǐn tǔ legendary land of hermits / secret land / the back of beyond 土地利用、土地利用变化与林业 土地利用、土地利用變化與林業 land use, land-use change and forestry 自然延伸 zì rán yán shēn prolongation (of the land mass, or land territory) 水陆比 水陸比 ratio of water to land / water to land ratio 预期土地用途 預期土地用途 intended land use / intended use of land 城市土地政策和土地管制措施专家组会议 城市土地政策和土地管制措施專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on Urban Land Policies and Land Control Measures 全球陆地面积 全球陸地面積 land area of the globe / global land area 耕者有其田 gèng zhě yǒu qí tián "land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP 路氹 lù dàng Cotai, portmanteau term referring to the islands of 路環|路环[Lu4 huan2] (Coloane) and 氹仔[Dang4 zai3] (Taipa) in Macau / the strip of reclaimed land between Coloane and Taipa / the island formed by Coloane, Taipa and the reclaimed land between them 收地 shōu dì to confiscate land for redistribution (China, 1947-52) / (of a government) to acquire land (with compensation) 土拍 tǔ pāi land auction / to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍賣|土地拍卖[tu3di4 pai1mai4]) 跋山涉水 bá shān shè shuǐ to travel over land and water (idiom) syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution 漫天遍地 màn tiān biàn dì lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom) / fig. everywhere / as far as the eye can see 豺狼当涂 豺狼當涂 chái láng dāng tú ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land 豺狼当路 豺狼當路 chái láng dāng lù ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land 贫无立锥 貧無立錐 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute 贫无立锥之地 貧無立錐之地 pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute 饫甘餍肥 飫甘饜肥 yù gān yàn féi to live off the fat of the land (idiom) / to have a luxurious lifestyle 豺狼塞路 chái láng sāi lù ravenous wolves block the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land 豺狼当道 豺狼當道 chái láng dāng dào ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land syn 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land 寸土寸金 cùn tǔ cùn jīn land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom) syn 人生地不熟 rén shēng dì bù shú to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family 客死异乡 客死異鄉 kè sǐ yì xiāng to die in a foreign land (idiom) 弹丸之地 彈丸之地 dàn wán zhī dì (idiom) tiny speck of land / small area syn 天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi (idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places / from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that syn 登陆 登陸 dēng lù to land / to come ashore / to make landfall (of typhoon etc) / to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[deng1 lu4]) 天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn 落下 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 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 syn 处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin / maiden / maiden (voyage etc) / virgin (land) / (a novelist's) first (work) syn 司徒 sī tú minister of land and people (in ancient times) 降落 jiàng luò to descend / to land syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 庄园 莊園 zhuāng yuán manor / feudal land / villa and park syn 农田 農田 nóng tián farmland / cultivated land syn 天府 tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty syn 地块 地塊 dì kuài parcel of land / (geology) massif 征地 zhēng dì to requisition land 空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space syn 牧场 牧場 mù chǎng pasture / grazing land / ranch 田野 tián yě field / open land / CL:片[pian4] syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 幻境 huàn jìng land of fantasy / fairyland syn 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 国土资源部 國土資源部 guó tǔ zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 地利 dì lì favorable location / in the right place / productivity of land syn 梦乡 夢鄉 mèng xiāng the land of dreams / slumberland syn 着陆 著陸 zhuó lù landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down 陕北 陝北 shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 土地资源 土地資源 tǔ dì zī yuán land resources 土地利用 tǔ dì lì yòng land utilization 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 土地管理 tǔ dì guǎn lǐ land management 