大地 dà dì earth / mother earth syn 铺天盖地 鋪天蓋地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance syn 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to 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 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) 地球 dì qiú the earth syn 世上 shì shàng on earth syn 学会 學會 xué huì to learn / to master / institute / learned society / (scholarly) association 学院 學院 xué yuàn college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:所[suo3] syn 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 人间 人間 rén jiān the human world / the earth syn 世间 世間 shì jiān world / earth syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 建设 建設 jiàn shè to build / to construct / to establish / to develop / to institute 大气 大氣 dà qì atmosphere (surrounding the earth) / imposing / impressive / stylish syn 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn 研究所 yán jiū suǒ research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL:個|个[ge4] 地表 dì biǎo the surface (of the earth) 地心 dì xīn the earth's core / geocentric syn 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime / while one is on this earth / in one's remaining years syn 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 天涯海角 tiān yá hǎi jiǎo the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart syn 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head 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 确立 確立 què lì to establish / to institute syn 所长 所長 suǒ zhǎng head of an institute etc 地壳 地殼 dì qiào the Earth's crust 天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another 赤道 chì dào equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator 地核 dì hé core of the earth (geology) syn 朴实 樸實 pǔ shí plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest syn 研究院 yán jiū yuàn research institute / academy 天壤之别 天壤之別 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) syn 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe 荡然无存 蕩然無存 dàng rán wú cún to obliterate completely / to vanish from the face of the earth syn 天边 天邊 tiān biān horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places syn 开天辟地 開天闢地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 顶天立地 頂天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom) syn 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess syn 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 焦土 jiāo tǔ scorched earth 冻土 凍土 dòng tǔ frozen earth / permafrost / tundra 土葬 tǔ zàng burial (in earth) syn 盐碱 鹽鹼 yán jiǎn saline and alkaline (earth) 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 稀土 xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry) 地线 地線 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 石破天惊 石破天驚 shí pò tiān jīng earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work syn 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom) / earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance syn 寰宇 huán yǔ the whole earth / the universe syn 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 syn 土墙 土墻 earth wall 社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 叱咤风云 叱咤風雲 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful syn 太学 太學 tài xué Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty 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 syn 大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn 干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? 理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology 天外 tiān wài beyond the earth / outer space 艺术学院 藝術學院 yì shù xué yuàn art institute / art and drama college 主站 zhǔ zhàn hub Earth station 夯实 夯實 hāng shí to tamp / to ram (earth etc) 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 哈尔滨工业大学 哈爾濱工業大學 hā ěr bīn gōng yè dà xué Harbin Institute of Technology 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 北京理工大学 北京理工大學 běi jīng lǐ gōng dà xué Beijing Institute of Technology 创制 創製 chuàng zhì to formulate / to institute / to create syn 地坛 地壇 dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing) 麻省理工学院 麻省理工學院 má shěng lǐ gōng xué yuàn Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless 黄土地 黃土地 huáng tǔ dì the yellow earth (of China) 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 地球科学 地球科學 dì qiú kē xué earth science 中国传媒大学 中國傳媒大學 zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China 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 syn 地球日 Earth Day 上海戏剧学院 上海戲劇學院 shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn Shanghai Theatrical Institute 地面站 earth station 块 塊 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 堪 kān (bound form) may / can / (bound form) to endure / to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2]) syn 尘 塵 chén dust / dirt / earth syn 培 péi to bank up with earth / to cultivate (lit. or fig.) / to train (people) syn 哪门子 哪門子 nǎ mén zi (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth syn 拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched syn 维拉 維拉 wéi lā Vala (Middle-earth) 人间地狱 人間地獄 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom) / suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time syn 地幔 dì màn (geology) (the earth's) mantle 在读 在讀 zài dú to be studying (at a school or research institute) 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) 地动山摇 地動山搖 dì dòng shān yáo the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom) / a tremendous battle 埂 gěng strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields syn 遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance 