地上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 地板 dì bǎn floor 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 舞池 wǔ chí dance floor 顶楼 頂樓 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 下放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside syn 打蜡 打蠟 dǎ là to wax (a car, floor etc) 林木 lín mù forest / forest tree 地砖 地磚 dì zhuān floor tile 展位 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area 底薪 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor 落地窗 luò dì chuāng floor-to-ceiling window / French window 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 桥面 橋面 qiáo miàn roadway / floor / deck / bridge floor 碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce / to wipe the floor with / to be far superior 落地灯 落地燈 luò dì dēng floor lamp 交易市场 交易市場 jiāo yì shì chǎng exchange / trading floor 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 首层 首層 shǒu céng first floor / ground floor 楼面 樓面 lóu miàn floor syn 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 席地而坐 xí dì ér zuò to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom) syn 地板砖 地板磚 dì bǎn zhuān floor tile 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 拖 tuō to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on syn 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 自由体操 自由體操 zì yóu tǐ cāo floor (gymnastics) 场院 場院 cháng yuàn threshing floor syn 红马甲 紅馬甲 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat / (stock market) floor trader / floor broker 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 森林 sēn lín forest / CL:片[pian4] syn 树林 樹林 shù lín woods / grove / forest syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 热带雨林 熱帶雨林 rè dài yǔ lín tropical rain forest 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 竹林 zhú lín bamboo forest 红树林 紅樹林 hóng shù lín mangrove forest or swamp 山火 shān huǒ wildfire / forest fire 林场 林場 lín chǎng forestry station / forest management area 滥伐 濫伐 làn fá to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance syn 针叶林 針葉林 zhēn yè lín needle-leaved forest 林业 林業 lín yè forest industry / forestry 石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan 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 森林资源 森林資源 sēn lín zī yuán forest resources 碑林 bēi lín Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 铲平 鏟平 chǎn píng to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc) / to raze (a building, forest etc) 封山育林 fēng shān yù lín to restrict access to a mountainous area to promote natural forest regeneration 林子 lín zi woods / grove / forest syn 打场 打場 dǎ cháng to thresh grain (on the floor) syn 蝰蛇 kuí shé forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar) 打地铺 打地鋪 dǎ dì pù to make one's bed on the floor 掷地有声 擲地有聲 zhì dì yǒu shēng lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance syn 次生林 cì shēng lín secondary growth of forest syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 七级浮屠 七級浮屠 qī jí fú tú seven floor pagoda 杏林 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) 林火 lín huǒ forest fire 混交林 hùn jiāo lín mixed forest 壹败涂地 壹敗塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 救人一命勝造七級浮屠 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) 独木不成林 獨木不成林 dú mù bù chéng lín a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own syn 靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor) 原始林 yuán shǐ lín old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover syn 萌生林 low forest / coppice forest / sprout forest 地面层 地面層 dì miàn céng ground floor / first floor 底楼 底樓 dǐ lóu ground floor / first floor 小心地滑 xiǎo xīn dì huá (used on signs) caution - wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery") 社会保障最低标准 social security floor / social floor 洗地 xǐ dì to clean the floor / (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor / (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing / to defend (a wrongdoer) / (coll.) to carpet-bomb 乔林 喬林 qiáo lín forest (esp. of tall trees) / high forest 落叶林 落葉林 luò yè lín deciduous forest / hardwood forest 社区森林管理 shè qū sēn lín guǎn lǐ community-based forest management / community forest management 非木材林业产品 fēi mù cái lín yè chǎn pǐn non-wood forest product / non-timber forest product 森林居民 sēn lín jū mín forest people / forest-dwelling people 可持续森林管理筹资信息指南 kě chí xù sēn lín guǎn lǐ chóu zī xìn xī zhǐ nán CPF Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management / Sourcebook on Funding for Sustainable Forest Management 皆伐森林 jiē fá sēn lín forest clearing / forest clearance 非洲森林治理与权力下放国际讲习班 非洲森林治理與權力下放國際講習班 International Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa / Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa 生态上可持续的森林管理 生態上可持續的森林管理 sustainable forest management / ecologically sustainable forest management 热带落叶林 熱帶落葉林 monsoon forest / tropical deciduous forest 森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku") 唐楼 唐樓 táng lóu tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China) 地台 dì tái floor / platform 打谷场 打穀場 dǎ gǔ cháng threshing floor 拼花地板 pīn huā dì bǎn floor with tiled design 横隔 橫隔 héng gé tabula (horizontal floor of polyp) 