进步 進步 jìn bù progress / improvement / to improve / to progress / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 好转 好轉 hǎo zhuǎn to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement syn 改进 改進 gǎi jìn to improve / to make better / improvement / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 土壤 tǔ rǎng soil syn 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 争气 爭氣 zhēng qì to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 沙土 shā tǔ sandy soil 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 自强 自強 zì qiáng to strive for self-improvement syn 长足 長足 cháng zú remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc) syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 红土 紅土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 整地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 自强不息 自強不息 zì qiáng bù xī to strive unremittingly / self-improvement syn 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes) syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields syn 依然如故 yī rán rú gù back to where we were (idiom) / absolutely no improvement / Things haven't changed at all. syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 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 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) syn 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation syn 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 追肥 zhuī féi top soil dressing / additional fertilizer 转好 轉好 zhuǎn hǎo improvement / turnaround (for the better) 肥力 féi lì fertility (of soil) syn 松土 鬆土 sōng tǔ to plow (loosen the soil) 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 土力学 土力學 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 趟 tāng to wade / to trample / to turn the soil syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 土温 土溫 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil syn 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 垡 fá to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names) syn 表土 biǎo tǔ surface soil / topsoil 保墒 bǎo shāng preservation of soil moisture 肥田 féi tián fertile land / to fertilize the soil syn 锄地 鋤地 chú dì to hoe / to weed the soil 土壤学 土壤學 tǔ rǎng xué pedology (soil study) 冻土层 凍土層 dòng tǔ céng permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 墒 shāng plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow 篑 簣 kuì basket for carrying soil 硗 磽 qiāo stony soil 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 埴 zhí soil with large clay content syn 板结 板結 bǎn jié soil crusting syn 薄地 bó dì barren land / poor soil syn 劐 huō (coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠[huo1]) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe syn 蔂 léi to entwine / creeper / bramble / (literary) basket for carrying soil 蚖 yuán Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod) / variant of 螈, salamander / newt / triton 吴下阿蒙 吳下阿蒙 wú xià ā méng General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) 生土 shēng tǔ (agr.) immature soil / virgin soil 土壤生物多样性倡议 tǔ rǎng shēng wù duō yàng xìng chàng yì International Initiative on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity / Soil Biodiversity Initiative 东盟各国土壤绘图问题土壤会议 東盟各國土壤繪圖問題土壤會議 ASEAN Soil Conference on the Soil Mapping of Individual Countries 废土 廢土 fèi tǔ waste soil (excavation waste, contaminated soil etc) / (post-apocalyptic) wasteland 白安居 bái ān jū B&Q (DIY and home improvement retailer) 联合自强 聯合自強 lián hé zì qiáng to combine together for self-improvement / joint movement for self-strengthening 自强自立 自強自立 zì qiáng zì lì to strive for self-improvement 管理改进处 Management Improvement Office 加速改善民事登记和生命统计系统战略 Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems Tumbasson改良协会 Tumbasson Improvement Association 管理改进和监督支助办公室 Office for Management Improvement and Oversight Support 财务管理改善方案 cái wù guǎn lǐ gǎi shàn fāng àn Financial Management Improvement Programme 改善营养行动纲领 Programme of Action for the Improvement of Nutrition 国际玉米小麦改良中心 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre 大都会环境改善项目 Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Project 助理秘书长兼提高秘书处妇女地位协调员 Assistant Secretary-General, Coordinator for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat 改进务农妇女统计工作讲习班 gǎi jìn wù nóng fù rǔ tǒng jì gōng zuò jiǎng xí bān Workshop on Improvement of Statistics on Women in Agriculture 综合系统改良项目 zōng hé xì tǒng gǎi liáng xiàng mù Integrated Systems Improvement Project 非洲改良高粱和黍谷合作计划 African Cooperative Programme for the Improvement of Sorghums and Millets 提高秘书处妇女地位指导委员会 提高秘書處婦女地位指導委員會 Steering Committee for the Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat 联合国改善管理和系统发展信托基金 聯合國改善管理和系統發展信托基金 United Nations Trust Fund for Management Improvement and Systems Development 种子改良和开发方桉 種子改良和開發方案 Seed Improvement and Development Programme 改进供水协会 改進供水協會 Water Supply Improvement Association 港口现代化 港口現代化 gǎng kǒu xiàn dài huà port improvement / port modernization 国际水稻试验和改良方桉 國際水稻試驗和改良方案 International Rice Testing and Improvement Programme 改良香蕉和大蕉国际网 改良香蕉和大蕉國際網 International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain 国家统计改进委员会 國家統計改進委員會 Committee on Improvement of National Statistics 国家提高能源效益减少温室气体方桉 國家提高能源效益減少溫室氣體方案 National Programme for Energy Efficiency Improvement and Greenhouse Gas Reduction 提高妇女在秘书处地位协调专员办事处 提高婦女在秘書處地位協調專員辦事處 Office of the Coordinator for the Improvement of the Status of Women the Secretariat 改善达尔富尔人道主义局势议定书 改善達爾富爾人道主義局勢議定書 gǎi shàn dá ěr fù ěr rén dào zhǔ yì jú shì yì dìng shū Protocol on the Improvement of the Humanitarian Situation in Darfur 改进小组委员会的工作工作组 改進小組委員會的工作工作組 Working Group on the improvement of the work of the Subcommission 改进社会福利人员训练工作专家组会议 改進社會福利人員訓練工作專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on Improvement of Training and Social Welfare Personnel 贫民区改建工作 貧民區改建工作 slum improvement / slum rehabilitation 欧洲改善生活和工作条件基金会 歐洲改善生活和工作條件基金會 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 