人类 人類 rén lèi humanity / human race / mankind syn 种族 種族 zhǒng zú race / ethnicity syn 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 赛马 賽馬 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing syn 赛跑 賽跑 sài pǎo race (running) / to race (running) 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 赛程 賽程 sài chéng competition schedule / the course of a race 人种 人種 rén zhǒng race (of people) syn 赛道 賽道 sài dào race course 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running / the start of a race syn 泰坦 tài tǎn Titan (race of deities in Greek mythology, moon of Saturn etc) 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 接力赛 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race / CL:場|场[chang3] 赛艇 賽艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 跑马 跑馬 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream syn 短跑 duǎn pǎo sprint (race) syn 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 灭种 滅種 miè zhǒng to commit genocide / to become extinct / extinction of a race syn 拉力赛 拉力賽 lā lì sài rally (car race) (loanword) 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán hurdles / hurdle race (athletics) 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist 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 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 领跑 領跑 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace 马拉松赛 馬拉松賽 mǎ lā sōng sài marathon race 环法 環法 huán fǎ Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛 原种 原種 yuán zhǒng land race / native breed 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 赛龙舟 賽龍舟 sài lóng zhōu to race dragon boats 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 黄种 黃種 huáng zhǒng the yellow race / the Mongoloid race 追逐赛 追逐賽 zhuī zhú sài pursuit race / chase 白种 白種 bái zhǒng the white race 计时赛 計時賽 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 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) 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 