rǎng

(bound form) soil; earth

(literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])

earth (土) + phonetic (襄) = rich, cultivated soil

土 anchors the meaning in earth and soil. 襄 is largely phonetic, lending the approximate sound rǎng rather than a semantic idea.

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这片土很肥沃,适合种菜。

zhè piàn tǔ rǎng hěn féi wò, shì hé zhòng cài。

This patch of soil is very fertile and suitable for growing vegetables.

城市和农村的生活有天之别。

chéng shì hé nóng cūn de shēng huó yǒu tiān rǎng zhī bié。

The lives of city people and rural people have a difference as vast as heaven and earth.

Words with 壤

霄壤之别

xiāo rǎng zhī bié

see 天壤之別|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2]

土壤

tǔ rǎng

soil

土壤学

tǔ rǎng xué

pedology (soil study)

壤土

rǎng tǔ

(agriculture) loam

壤塘

rǎng táng

see 壤塘縣|壤塘县[Rang3 tang2 Xian4]

壤塘县

rǎng táng xiàn

Zamthang, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan

天壤之别

tiān rǎng zhī bié

lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom)

月壤

yuè rǎng

lunar soil

平壤

píng rǎng

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

平壤市

píng rǎng shì

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

接壤

jiē rǎng

to border on

沃壤

wò rǎng

fertile soil

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