焦土政策 jiāo tǔ zhèng cè scorched-earth policy 地球轨道 地球軌道 dì qiú guǐ dào Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth) / Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth around the Sun) 焦土 jiāo tǔ scorched earth 地藏 dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 地藏菩萨 地藏菩薩 dì zàng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 地藏王菩萨 地藏王菩薩 dì zàng wáng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 大願地藏菩萨 大願地藏菩薩 dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 大愿地藏菩萨 大願地藏菩薩 dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 焦 jiāo burnt / scorched / charred / worried / anxious / coke / joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3]) syn 蔋 dí dry / scorched 大地 dà dì earth / mother earth syn 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth 铺天盖地 鋪天蓋地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance syn 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 旋乾转坤 旋乾轉坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom) / earth-shattering / a radical change 坋 fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together 土坝 土壩 tǔ bà earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) 捣实 搗實 dǎo shí to ram (earth) / to compact earth by ramming 遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance 穿地弹头 nuclear earth penetrator / earth penetrator 哥伦比亚大学地球研究所 Earth Institute at Columbia University / Earth Institute 地中地固卡笛尔坐标 地中地固卡笛爾坐標 earth-centered, earth-fixed cartesian coordinates / ECEF coordinates / XYZ cartesian coordinates 地球辐射平衡 地球輻射平衡 Earth radiation budget / Earth's radiation balance 地球政策研究所 Earth Policy Institute 决策 決策 jué cè strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision / to determine policy syn 新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn 八字方针 八字方針 bā zì fāng zhēn a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[Li3 Fu4chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve" 善策 shàn cè wise policy / best policy 门户开放 門戶開放 mén hù kāi fàng open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel 三光政策 sān guāng zhèng cè Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII 叁年期全面政策审查 三年期全面政策審查 triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system / triennial comprehensive policy review 联合国大学学术出版政策 聯合國大學學術出版政策 United Nations University Policy on Scholarly Publishing / policy on scholarly publishing 欧洲安全和防卫政策 歐洲安全和防衛政策 European Security and Defence Policy / Common European Security and Defence Policy 欧洲共同安全和防卫政策 歐洲共同安全和防衛政策 European Security and Defence Policy / Common European Security and Defence Policy 社会政策、卫生政策和死亡率前景讨论会 社會政策、衛生政策和死亡率前景討論會 Seminar on Social Policy, Health Policy and Mortality Prospects 大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team 欧洲安全和防卫政策法治特派团 歐洲安全和防衛政策法治特派團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 安全防卫团 安全防衛團 European Security and Defense Policy Rule of Law Mission / European Security and Defence Policy Mission / ESDP Mission 伤病员后送待运政策 傷病員後送待運政策 holding policy / evacuation policy 联合国全球政策模型 聯合國全球政策模型 United Nations Global Policy Model / Global Policy Model 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn 地球 dì qiú the earth syn 人间 人間 rén jiān the human world / the earth syn 大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn 世上 shì shàng on earth syn 世间 世間 shì jiān world / earth syn 干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? 大气 大氣 dà qì atmosphere (surrounding the earth) / imposing / impressive / stylish syn 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe 天边 天邊 tiān biān horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places syn 朴实 樸實 pǔ shí plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest syn 天外 tiān wài beyond the earth / outer space 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 天涯海角 tiān yá hǎi jiǎo the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart syn 地表 dì biǎo the surface (of the earth) 稀土 xī tǔ rare earth (chemistry) 主站 zhǔ zhàn hub Earth station 石破天惊 石破天驚 shí pò tiān jīng earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work syn 夯实 夯實 hāng shí to tamp / to ram (earth etc) 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom) / earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance syn 荡然无存 蕩然無存 dàng rán wú cún to obliterate completely / to vanish from the face of the earth syn 赤道 chì dào equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator 天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn 寰宇 huán yǔ the whole earth / the universe syn 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime / while one is on this earth / in one's remaining years syn 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 地心 dì xīn the earth's core / geocentric syn 顶天立地 頂天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom) syn 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 地壳 地殼 dì qiào the Earth's crust 叱咤风云 叱咤風雲 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful syn 不知天高地厚 bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities 开天辟地 開天闢地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth syn 地坛 地壇 dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing) 地线 地線 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 土墙 土墻 earth wall 天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess syn 黄土地 黃土地 huáng tǔ dì the yellow earth (of China) 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地 冻土 凍土 dòng tǔ frozen earth / permafrost / tundra 地球科学 地球科學 dì qiú kē xué earth science 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth 天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another 培土 péi tǔ to earth up syn 