土木

tǔmù
  1. building
  2. construction
  3. civil engineering

CEDICT

  1. (literally) earth and wood
  2. building; construction
  3. earth and wood

Wiktionary

  1. 建築工程。
  2. 不加文飾。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 土 tǔ
  1. earth
  2. dust
  3. clay
  4. local
  5. indigenous
  6. crude opium
  7. unsophisticated
  8. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn
2 木 mù
  1. (bound form) tree
  2. (bound form) wood
  3. unresponsive; numb; wooden

Containing this entry

土木工程 tǔmùgōngchéng civil engineering
土木形骸 tǔmùxínghái earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土木身 tǔmùshēn
  1. one's body as wood and earth
  2. undecorated
  3. unvarnished (truth)
大興土木 dàxīngtǔmù to carry out large scale construction
四味土木香散 sìwèitǔmùxiāngsǎn
土木系 Tǔmùxì

Related entries

大樓 dàlóu building (a relatively large, multistory one)

classifiers: 幢, 座

大樓正在建造。

The building is under construction.

Source: Tatoeba

建築物 jiànzhùwù
  1. building
  2. structure
  3. edifice
這座建築物快完工了。

This building is near completion.

Source: Tatoeba

樓宇 lóuyǔ building
樓閣 lóugé
  1. building
  2. pavilion
館 guǎn
  1. building
  2. shop
  3. term for certain service establishments
  4. embassy or consulate
  5. schoolroom (old)

classifier: 家

当时进法国馆，有一种不用排队的办法，就是去吃法国馆里的食品，但是实在太贵了。

During this period, there was a way to get into the French clubhouse without standing in line: you had to eat the products inside, but it was really expensive.

Source: Tatoeba

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