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Character Decomposition
土=十+一
Etymology
A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
Meanings
earth
dust
clay
local
indigenous
crude opium
unsophisticated
one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bā yīn
surname Tu
Tu ethnic group
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Words with 土 841 total
to break ground (prior to building sth) · to start building动土dòng tǔtopsoil · surface dust浮土fú tǔto dig up · to appear in an excavation · unearthed · to come up out of the ground出土chū tǔto heap earth (to close a tomb) · a mound (covering a tomb)封土fēng tǔfrozen earth · permafrost · tundra冻土dòng tǔone's native country · native · local · metropolitan territory本土běn tǔnatural conditions and social customs of a place · local conditions风土fēng tǔdust尘土chén tǔnative country; one's homeland故土gù tǔterritory疆土jiāng tǔdust · (soil taxonomy) spodosol灰土huī tǔthe East · China东土Dōng tǔred soil · laterite红土hóng tǔold-fashioned; unstylish老土lǎo tǔscorched earth焦土jiāo tǔ(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)净土Jìng tǔ
Idioms with 土 112 total Chain
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long · to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it安土重迁ān tǔ zhòng qiāncounter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action · to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation兵来将挡，水来土掩bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎncounter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action · to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation兵来将敌，水来土堰bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place · not acclimatized不服水土bù fú shuǐ tǔ
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