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) 主轴 主軸 zhǔ zhóu axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine) syn 对称轴 對稱軸 duì chèn zhóu axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture) 极轴 極軸 jí zhóu polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates) 轴旋转 軸旋轉 zhóu xuán zhuǎn to rotate about an axis / axis of rotation (math.) 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 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 转动 轉動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate syn 轴心 軸心 zhóu xīn axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) syn 自转 自轉 zì zhuàn (of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis 横线 橫線 héng xiàn horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis 轴线 軸線 zhóu xiàn central axis (line) 轴向 軸向 zhóu xiàng axis / axial 中轴线 中軸線 zhōng zhóu xiàn central axis (line) 转轴 轉軸 zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation 中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket 轴心国 軸心國 zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II) 旋转轴 旋轉軸 xuán zhuǎn zhóu axis of rotation 轴 軸 zhóu axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc syn 轴 軸 zhú axis / axle syn 偏心矩 piān xīn jǔ axis of eccentricity 座标轴 座標軸 zuò biāo zhóu coordinate axis 心轴 心軸 xīn zhóu central axis / spindle 截距 jié jù intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis) 时间轴 時間軸 shí jiān zhóu time axis / timeline 水平轴 水平軸 shuǐ píng zhóu horizontal shaft / horizontal axis (math.) 自转轴 自轉軸 zì zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation 轴索 軸索 zhóu suǒ axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) 转动轴 轉動軸 zhuàn dòng zhóu axis of rotation (mechanics) / spindle 邪恶轴心 邪惡軸心 xié è zhóu xīn the Axis of Evil 彷形旋转轴 仿形旋轉軸 contouring rotary axis 控诉和惩处欧洲轴心国主要战犯的协定 London Agreement Concerning Prosecution and Punishment of Major War Criminals of European Axis 俯仰框架轴 pitch gimbal axis 纵轴风轮机 縱軸風輪機 vertical axis wind turbine 横轴风轮机 橫軸風輪機 horizontal axis wind turbines 竖轴 豎軸 vertical axis 海底扩张轴 海底擴張軸 spreading axis 垂直轴 垂直軸 chuí zhí zhóu vertical shaft / (math.) vertical axis 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 