卷土重来 | juǎn tǔ chóng lái | to return in a swirl of dust; to make a stage comeback (idiom) |
心土 | xīn tǔ | subsoil |
挖土机 | wā tǔ jī | excavator; backhoe |
土族 | Tǔ zú | Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai |
风土 | fēng tǔ | natural conditions and social customs of a place; local conditions |
土洋并举 | tǔ yáng bìng jǔ | combining native and foreign methods |
土门 | Tǔ mén | Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate |
大兴土木 | dà xīng tǔ mù | to carry out large scale construction |
三合土 | sān hé tǔ | mortar; concrete; cement |
不服水土 | bù fú shuǐ tǔ | (of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place; not acclimatized |
干煸土豆丝 | gān biān tǔ dòu sī | dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish) |
互助土族自治县 | Hù zhù Tǔ zú zì zhì xiàn | Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海东地区, Qinghai |
五峰土家族自治县 | Wǔ fēng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei |
入土为安 | rù tǔ wéi ān | buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP) |
兵来将挡, 水来土掩 | bīng lái jiāng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
兵来将敌, 水来土堰 | bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
冻土层 | dòng tǔ céng | permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil |
印江土家族苗族自 治县 | Yìn jiāng Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì xiàn | Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 铜仁地区, Guizhou |
国土安全 | guó tǔ ān quán | homeland security |
国土安全局 | guó tǔ ān quán jú | Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
国土安全部 | guó tǔ ān quán bù | (US) Department of Homeland Security |
土丘 | tǔ qiū | mound; hillock; barrow |
土伦 | Tǔ lún | Toulon (city in France) |
土到不行 | tǔ dào bù xíng | old-fashioned; extremely kitsch |
土包子 | tǔ bāo zi | country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound |
土司 | tǔ sī | system of appointing national minority hereditary headmen in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties; toast |
土地公 | tǔ dì gōng | Tudi Gong, the God of the earth |
土地利用规划 | tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà | land use plan (official P.R.C. government term) |
土地资源 | tǔ dì zī yuán | land resources |
土坎 | tǔ kǎn | earthen steps |
土坎儿 | tǔ kǎnr | earthen steps |
土埂 | tǔ gěng | embankment or foothpath between paddy fields |
土城 | Tǔ chéng | Tucheng city in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
土城市 | Tǔ chéng shì | Tucheng city in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
土堆 | tǔ duī | mound |
土壤学 | tǔ rǎng xué | pedology (soil study) |
土坝 | tǔ bà | earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) |
土家族 | tǔ jiā zú | Tujia ethnic group of Hunan |
土层 | tǔ céng | layer of soil; ground level |
土岗 | tǔ gǎng | mound; hillock |
土库 | Tǔ kù | Tuku town in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
土库曼 | Tǔ kù màn | Turkmenistan; Republic of Turkmenistan, former Soviet republic adjoining Iran |
土库曼人 | Tǔ kù màn rén | Turkmen (person) |
土库曼斯坦 | Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn | Turkmenistan |
土库镇 | Tǔ kù zhèn | Tuku town in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
土建 | tǔ jiàn | civil engineering; same as 土木工程 |
土拉弗氏菌 | tǔ lā fú shì jūn | Francisella tularensis |
土拨鼠 | tǔ bō shǔ | groundhog |
土星 | Tǔ xīng | Saturn (planet) |
土曜日 | tǔ yào rì | traditional Chinese name for Saturday |