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) 不孕 bù yùn infertile / unable to conceive a child / infertility syn 不育 bù yù to be infertile / to have no offspring 贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren / infertile / poor syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 毈 duàn infertile egg 没有生育能力 沒有生育能力 méi yǒu shēng yù néng lì infertile / unable to have children 荒瘠 huāng jí desolate and poor / infertile 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 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 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]) 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 退耕還林 退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 退耕还林 退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 种地 種地 zhòng dì to farm / to work the land syn 荒地 huāng dì wasteland / uncultivated land syn 桃花源 táo huā yuán the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia 開荒 开荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture) 开荒 開荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture) syn 土地使用 land use 平实 平實 píng shí simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even syn 地皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground syn 陷落 xiàn luò to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land) syn 丰腴 豐腴 fēng yú full-bodied / well-rounded / fig. fertile land syn 陆路 陸路 lù lù land route / overland route syn 起降 qǐ jiàng (of aircraft) to take off and land syn 沃土 wò tǔ fertile land syn 福地 fú dì happy land / paradise syn 牧区 牧區 mù qū grazing land / pasture 海内 海內 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun syn 务农 務農 wù nóng farming / to work the land syn 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 耕地面积 耕地面積 gēng dì miàn jī area of arable land 迫降 pò jiàng to force a plane to land 封地 fēng dì feudal fiefdom / land held as a vassal in feudal society / enfeoffment syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 