面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) 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 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 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) 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 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 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 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must 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 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 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 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal 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 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant 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 农药 農藥 nóng yào agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide 农田 農田 nóng tián farmland / cultivated land syn 地契 dì qì title deed (for land) / CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4] 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì (idiom) barren land / desert 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 农产品 農產品 nóng chǎn pǐn agricultural produce 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 种地 種地 zhòng dì to farm / to work the land syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 陆路 陸路 lù lù land route / overland route syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry 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 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 农机 農機 nóng jī agricultural machinery syn 合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative / workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc 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 农工 農工 nóng gōng agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism) 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 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person 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 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 土地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 