销毁 銷毀 xiāo huǐ to destroy (by melting or burning) / to obliterate syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 火热 火熱 huǒ rè fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate 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 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 熏蒸 燻蒸 xūn zhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate syn 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 香炉 香爐 xiāng lú a censer (for burning incense) / incense burner / thurible 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn 炽烈 熾烈 chì liè burning fiercely / flaming / blazing syn 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 syn 火炭 huǒ tàn live coal / ember / burning coals 发烫 發燙 fā tàng burning hot 炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm) 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 烧结 燒結 shāo jié to sinter / to agglomerate ore by burning syn 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 长明灯 長明燈 cháng míng dēng altar lamp burning day and night 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 火辣辣 huǒ là là scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 地上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 共同点 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn common ground 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground syn 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 坠毁 墜毀 zhuì huǐ (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash 操场 操場 cāo chǎng playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn 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 syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 一败涂地 一敗塗地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 夷为平地 夷為平地 yí wéi píng dì to level / to raze to the ground 停机坪 停機坪 tíng jī píng aircraft parking ground / apron / tarmac (at airport) 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 肉馅 肉餡 ròu xiàn ground meat / mincemeat 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 地皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground syn 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn 翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 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 练习场 練習場 liàn xí chǎng driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground 抢占 搶佔 qiǎng zhàn to seize (the strategic high ground) syn 刑场 刑場 xíng chǎng execution ground syn 炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 渔场 漁場 yú chǎng fishing ground 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 攻击机 攻擊機 gōng jī jī ground attack aircraft 肉末 ròu mò ground meat syn 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) syn 反扑 反撲 fǎn pū to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 出土 chū tǔ to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground 求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) syn 准绳 準繩 zhǔn shéng yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 地线 地線 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] syn 别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn 法场 法場 fǎ chǎng execution ground syn 豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk syn 土鳖 土鱉 tǔ biē ground beetle / (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas / (dialect) country bumpkin 倒地 dǎo dì to fall to the ground 靖国神社 靖國神社 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 中山大學 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 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death / to kill by throwing to the ground 首层 首層 shǒu céng first floor / ground floor 高空作业 高空作業 gāo kōng zuò yè to work high above the ground 校场 校場 jiào chǎng military drill ground 席地而坐 xí dì ér zuò to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom) syn 碎肉 suì ròu ground meat / mincemeat 力排众议 力排眾議 lì pái zhòng yì to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom) syn 铲平 鏟平 chǎn píng to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc) / to raze (a building, forest etc) 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) 找平 zhǎo píng to level (ground) / to make level 狩猎场 狩獵場 shòu liè chǎng hunting ground 地对空导弹 地對空導彈 dì duì kōng dǎo dàn ground-to-air missile 跑 páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) syn 抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary syn 登 dēng 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) syn 铲 鏟 chǎn to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds) / to shovel (variant of 剷|铲[chan3]) / (bound form) spade / shovel syn 稽 qǐ to bow to the ground syn 热辣辣 熱辣辣 rè là là burning hot / scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational / attention-grabbing / emotionally intense syn 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 中间派 中間派 zhōng jiān pài moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground 