中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub 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 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist 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 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) 偏安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 地上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 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 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 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 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 坠毁 墜毀 zhuì huǐ (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 操场 操場 cāo chǎng playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 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 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 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 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) 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) 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence syn 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 肉馅 肉餡 ròu xiàn ground meat / mincemeat 中指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger syn 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 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 中层 中層 zhōng céng middle-ranking 天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic 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 中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month 抢占 搶佔 qiǎng zhàn to seize (the strategic high ground) syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force 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) 中级 中級 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 当道 當道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue syn 渔场 漁場 yú chǎng fishing ground 耳膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 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 居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered syn 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school 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 中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period 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 耳鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 准绳 準繩 zhǔn shéng yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 地线 地線 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 中耳 zhōng ěr middle ear syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn 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 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 