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Meaning of 壤

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Pinyin: rǎng
English Definition: soil; earth
Chinese Definition:
①松软的土,可耕之地:土壤。沃壤。壤土。
②地,与“天”相对:霄壤。天壤之别。
③地区,区域:壤界。接壤。穷乡僻壤。
④古同“攘”,纷乱。
⑤古同“穰”,五谷丰收。
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Total strokes: 20; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ xiāng ] to aid, to help, to assist; to undress
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Example Words
土壤 rǎng soil
平壤 píng rǎng Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
接壤 jiē rǎng to border on
穷乡僻壤 qióng xiāng rǎng a remote and desolate place
天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; opposite extremes; a world of difference; a far cry from
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Example Sentences
1
Plants need nutrients in the soil to grow.
2
To increase production, we need to improve the quality of the soil.
3
We need to rotate the crops in order to maintain healthy soil.
4
This plant needs fertile soil to grow vigorously.
5
We need a more efficient method to remediate polluted soil.