单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 改造 gǎi zào to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold syn 改革 gǎi gé reform / CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4] / to reform syn 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 改良 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system) syn 再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life / to reconstruct / to reform / to rework / to recycle / to reproduce (copies, or offspring) / restoration / restructuring syn 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 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) syn 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 狂飙 狂飆 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force syn 耕地 gēng dì arable land / to plow land syn 地租 dì zū land rent / land tax 整改 zhěng gǎi to reform / to rectify and improve syn 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 维新 維新 wéi xīn (political) reform / revitalization / modernization syn 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land / fertile land syn 工读生 工讀生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student 改革开放 改革開放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 发改委 發改委 fā gǎi wěi abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 医改 醫改 yī gǎi reform of the medical system 梁启超 梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 金融改革 jīn róng gǎi gé financial reform 康有为 康有為 kāng yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 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] 自新 zì xīn to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew 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) 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 移风易俗 移風易俗 yí fēng yì sú (idiom) to reform habits and customs syn 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 改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 革 gé animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) syn 悛 quān to reform 国家计划委员会 國家計劃委員會 guó jiā jì huà wěi yuán huì PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 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 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 