土壤
tǔ rǎng
Pinyin

Definition

土壤
 - 
tǔ rǎng
  1. soil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
入土
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
出土
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土人
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
土包子
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound
土匪
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
土司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土壤
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
土家族
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
土方
tǔ fāng
  1. 1 cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
  2. 2 excavated soil
  3. 3 earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
  4. 4 (TCM) folk remedy
土星
Tǔ xīng
  1. 1 Saturn (planet)
土木
tǔ mù
  1. 1 building
  2. 2 construction
  3. 3 civil engineering
土楼
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
土气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 uncouth
  3. 3 unsophisticated
土特产
tǔ tè chǎn
  1. 1 local specialty

Idioms (20)

入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
天壤之别
tiān rǎng zhī bié
  1. 1 lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. night and day difference
  3. 3 opposite extremes
  4. 4 a world of difference
  5. 5 a far cry from
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
  1. 1 lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
面如土色
miàn rú tǔ sè
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面色如土
miàn sè rú tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这是当然！跟酒的贮存条件还有葡萄收成当年的气候、土壤等因素有关呀！所以应该挑最佳年份而不是最老年份，要不然喝到的可能是红酒醋而不是顶级红酒！
zhè shì dāngrán ！gēn jiǔ de zhùcún tiáojiàn háiyǒu pútao shōucheng dāngnián de qìhòu 、tǔrǎng děng yīnsù yǒuguān ya ！suǒyǐ yīnggāi tiāo zuìjiā niánfèn ér bu shì zuì lǎo niánfèn ，yàoburán hē dào de kěnéng shì hóngjiǔ cù ér bu shì dǐngjí hóngjiǔ ！
Of course! It's related to factors such as the conditions in which the wine is stored, the weather in the year the grapes were harvested and the soil! So you should choose the best year and not just the oldest wine, otherwise what you're drinking could be red wine vinegar and not top quality red wine!
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尼罗河每年都会泛滥。洪水到来时，会淹没河两岸的农田。洪水退去后，又会留下一层厚厚的河泥，形成肥沃的土壤。
Níluóhé měinián dōu huì fànlàn 。hóngshuǐ dàolái shí ，huì yānmò hé liǎng\'àn de nóngtián 。hóngshuǐ tuìqù hòu ，yòu huì liúxià yī céng hòuhòu de héní ，xíngchéng féiwò de tǔrǎng 。
The Nile floods every year. When flood waters arrive, they cover the fields on both banks of the river. When the flood waters recede, they leave a layer of thick river mud, resulting in fertile soil.
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I'm still not optimistic about the prospects for environmental protection. Just doing a few little things is not nearly enough. Everywhere you look are erosion, water shortages, and air pollution. If we don't start paying more attention, after a few more years, people will need masks and oxygen bottles to survive. What a huge tragedy.
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