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Meaning of 黄土

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
黄 huáng 土 tǔ (Trad.: 黃土)
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
Example Sentences
1
女娲想给世间增加生趣
,
使之更美
。
于是她用黄土捏泥人
,
照着她自己的样子做人
。
Nuwa wanted to add life and beauty to the world. She set about making man with clay. She shaped little figures after her image with her hands.
2
靠近黄土高坡
,
被起伏的山脉环绕
,
但是大同平坦而交通堵塞
。
Near the Loess plateau, it's surrounded by jagged mountains, but Datong is flat and choked by heavy traffic.
3
直到那时
,
所谓的自我
,
所谓的道
,
不也像秋天落叶
,
冬天的枯木了吗
?
最终也将被黄土掩埋
。
Till that time, so-called me, so-called Dao, aren' t they just like the defoliation in autumn or the deadwood in winter? and they will be buried by a heap of loess?
4
A
:
这也许是因为汉民族的发源地是黄土高原
,
这个地域满目黄土之色
。
A:Maybe because the Hans originated in the Yellow River Plateau, a region where yellow was the prevailing color.
5
那只鞋没有被随意地丢在一边
,
而是被小心翼翼地放置在坑内
,
并在上面覆以黄土
。
但这样做的原因尚不得而知
。
The shoe was not tossed devil-may-care, but was, for unclear reasons, placed deliberately in the pit, which was carefully lined with yellow clay.