布 bù cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known syn 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline 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 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn 布料 bù liào fabric / cloth / material (for making clothing, curtains etc) syn 棉布 mián bù cotton cloth syn 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 织布 織布 zhī bù woven cloth / to weave cloth 花布 huā bù printed cloth / calico syn 便鞋 biàn xié cloth shoes / slippers 白布 bái bù plain white cloth / calico 毛料 máo liào rough lumber / woollen cloth syn 布鞋 bù xié cloth shoes / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] 布匹 bù pǐ cloth (by the yard) 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 枕巾 zhěn jīn pillow cloth 土布 tǔ bù homespun cloth syn 尼龙布 尼龍佈 ní lóng bù nylon cloth 蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 薄纱 薄紗 báo shā gauze (cloth) 坯布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 府绸 府綢 fǔ chóu poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 染布 rǎn bù to dye cloth 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 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 匹 疋 pǐ variant of 匹[pi3] / classifier for cloth: bolt syn 葛 gé kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth syn 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 幂 冪 mì (math.) power / exponent / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover / veil syn 褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 葛布 gé bù hemp cloth 苴 jū (hemp) / sack cloth 裹脚 裹腳 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding 袱 fú (bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover 褓 bǎo cloth for carrying baby on back 襁 qiǎng cloth for carrying baby on back 袼 gē gusset / cloth fitting sleeve under armpit 褙 bèi paper or cloth pasted together 纻 紵 zhù variant of 苧|苎[zhu4] / (literary) cloth made from ramie fiber 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 