壤
rǎng
Pinyin
Definition
壤
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- soil
- earth
Character Decomposition
Idioms (1)
天壤之别
- 1 lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)
- 2 fig. night and day difference
- 3 opposite extremes
- 4 a world of difference
- 5 a far cry from
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!
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!
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。
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.
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.