面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 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 降解 jiàng jiě (chemistry) degradation / to degrade 陆上 陸上 lù shàng land-based / on land syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 耕地 gēng dì arable land / to plow land syn 地租 dì zū land rent / land tax 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land / fertile land syn 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey syn 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 哀鸿遍野 哀鴻遍野 āi hóng biàn yě lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom) / fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land syn 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn 降落 jiàng luò to descend / to land syn 处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin / maiden / maiden (voyage etc) / virgin (land) / (a novelist's) first (work) syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 着陆 著陸 zhuó lù landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down 登陆 登陸 dēng lù to land / to come ashore / to make landfall (of typhoon etc) / to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[deng1 lu4]) 天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn 牧场 牧場 mù chǎng pasture / grazing land / ranch 庄园 莊園 zhuāng yuán manor / feudal land / villa and park syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space 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 田野 tián yě field / open land / CL:片[pian4] syn 荒地 huāng dì wasteland / uncultivated land syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 落下 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) syn 陷落 xiàn luò to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land) syn 地皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground syn 梦乡 夢鄉 mèng xiāng the land of dreams / slumberland syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 农田 農田 nóng tián farmland / cultivated land syn 地契 dì qì title deed (for land) / CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4] 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì (idiom) barren land / desert 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 种地 種地 zhòng dì to farm / to work the land syn 陆路 陸路 lù lù land route / overland route syn 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 幻境 huàn jìng land of fantasy / fairyland syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 起降 qǐ jiàng (of aircraft) to take off and land syn 拓荒 tuò huāng to open up land (for agriculture) syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 丰腴 豐腴 fēng yú full-bodied / well-rounded / fig. fertile land syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 海陆空 海陸空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations) 沃土 wò tǔ fertile land syn 跋山涉水 bá shān shè shuǐ to travel over land and water (idiom) syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 地利 dì lì favorable location / in the right place / productivity of land syn 開荒 开荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture) 开荒 開荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture) syn 务农 務農 wù nóng farming / to work the land syn 地块 地塊 dì kuài parcel of land / (geology) massif 平实 平實 píng shí simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even syn 福地 fú dì happy land / paradise syn 海内 海內 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 垦荒 墾荒 kěn huāng to open up land (for agriculture) syn 封地 fēng dì feudal fiefdom / land held as a vassal in feudal society / enfeoffment syn 土地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform 沃野 wò yě fertile land syn 征地 zhēng dì to requisition land 桃花源 táo huā yuán the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia 海陆 海陸 hǎi lù sea and land 钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) syn 平川 píng chuān an expanse of flat land syn 满山遍野 滿山遍野 mǎn shān biàn yě covering the whole land / over hills and dales syn 土改 tǔ gǎi land reform (abbr. for 土地改革[tu3di4 gai3ge2]) 陆运 陸運 lù yùn land transport 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 司徒 sī tú minister of land and people (in ancient times) 天府 tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty syn 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 国土资源部 國土資源部 guó tǔ zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998 陕北 陝北 shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 土地资源 土地資源 tǔ dì zī yuán land resources 土地利用 tǔ dì lì yòng land utilization 土地管理 tǔ dì guǎn lǐ land management 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 土地使用 land use 牧区 牧區 mù qū grazing land / pasture 耕地面积 耕地面積 gēng dì miàn jī area of arable land 迫降 pò jiàng to force a plane to land 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 熟地 shú dì cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) syn 军棋 軍棋 jūn qí land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego 