壤

rǎngdictionary entry

(bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tiān])

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Original source entry:

壤壤 [rang3] /(bound form) soil; earth/(literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])/

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