处死 處死 chǔ sǐ an execution / to put sb to death 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 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 极刑 極刑 jí xíng supreme penalty / execution syn 临刑 臨刑 lín xíng facing execution 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 赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 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 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 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 中间派 中間派 zhōng jiān pài moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground 埂 gěng strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields syn 画地为牢 畫地為牢 huà dì wéi láo lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities syn 夷平 yí píng to level / to raze to the ground 伏流 fú liú hidden stream / ground stream syn 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 地滚球 地滾球 dì gǔn qiú ten-pin bowling / bowling ball / (baseball etc) ground ball 碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 粞 xī ground rice / thresh rice syn 埯 ǎn hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble 夼 kuǎng low ground / hollow / depression (used in Shandong place names) 醊 chuò pour libation on ground 鲊 鮓 zhǎ salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments 耢 耮 lào a kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground / to level the ground by dragging this tool syn 仁心仁术 仁心仁術 rén xīn rén shù benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius) / charitable in thought and deed 刀锯斧钺 刀鋸斧鉞 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution 就地正法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ to execute on the spot (idiom) / summary execution / to carry out the law on the spot 斧钺汤镬 斧鉞湯鑊 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution 