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地基

The base/ground of a building

Di4ji1

栓

To tie up, to fasten

Shuan1

繁华

Flourishing, prosperous

Fan2hua2

枯

Dried up (of a plant etc)

Ku1

荒凉

Bleak, deserted,


Cold and cheerless


Humans habition is low

Huang1liang2

收藏

To collect and store up

Shou1cang2

无穷无尽

Endless, inexhaustible


(Impossible to exhaust)

Wu2qiong2wu2jin4

风花雪月

Wind, flowers, snow and the moon - refers to romantic literature and love

Feng1hua1xue3yue4

推而广之

Likewise, in the same way

Tui1er2guang3zhi1