earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
combining native and foreign methods
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
1. clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance2. worthless object
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
1. lit. earthen steps and a small cottage2. frugal living conditions (idiom)
1. lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut2. frugal living conditions (idiom)
1. rustic2. uncouth3. unsophisticated
duty to defend the country (idiom)
1. to hate to leave a place where one has lived long2. to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it
1. head and face filthy with grime (idiom)2. covered in dirt3. dejected and depressed
1. potato chips2. crisps3. fried potato
rare earth element (chemistry)
1. lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)2. fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
1. to regard as useless2. to view as no better than weeds
1. to look upon as dirt2. considered worthless
(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 铍, magnesium Mg 镁, calcium Ca 钙, strontium Sr 锶, barium Ba 钡 and radium Ra 镭)
Loess Plateau of northwest China
Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包头[bāo tóu], Inner Mongolia
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[hū hé hào tè], Inner Mongolia
互助土族自治县 互助土族自治縣 hù zhù tǔ zú zì zhì xiàn Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海东市[hǎi dōng shì], Qinghai
五峰土家族自治县 五峰土家族自治縣 wǔ fēng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市[yí chāng shì], Hubei
石柱土家族自治县 石柱土家族自治縣 shí zhù tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆[chóng qìng]
长阳土家族自治县 長陽土家族自治縣 cháng yáng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市[yí chāng shì], Hubei
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
1. (coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT)2. CCP, the party of the people (used by CCP supporters)3. pro-Beijing camp (HK)4. (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkey+1 条 +2 条 sun-dried mudbrick; adobe brick
land auction; to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍卖[tǔ dì pāi mài])
Australia (slang term reflecting a perception of Australia as something of a backwater)
aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
(of a taste or smell) earthy