平层

大平层 dàpíngcéng

large single-floor apartment / luxury flat occupying an entire floor or a very large unit on one level

跃层 yuècéng

duplex apartment (two-level unit within one building) / split-level flat

平 píng HSK 2 #2,211

flat / level / equal / calm

高层 gāocéng HSK 6 #6,071

high-level; upper-level / senior management; top leadership / upper floors (of a building)

底层 dǐcéng HSK 7 #11,752

ground floor; bottom level / grassroots; the lowest social class / underlying; low-level (technical)

顶层 dǐngcéng #11,992

top floor; top level / the top of a building / highest level (figuratively)

潮平两岸阔 cháopíngliǎng'ànkuò

the tide level, the two banks broad — an expansive, calm, open scene (often metaphor for a favourable situation) / literally: the tide is level, both banks wide

春江潮水连海平 chūnjiāngcháoshuǐliánhǎipíng

the spring river's tide rises level with the sea / (fig.) a vast, merging horizon where river and ocean become one / (lit.) spring-river tide-water joins sea level

奉公如法则上下平 fènggōngrúfǎzéshàngxiàpíng

if officials serve the public by the law, then high and low are balanced / (fig.) equal application of law to all classes produces social harmony / (lit.) serve-public follow-law then above-below level

平白无故 píngbáiwúgù

for no reason at all / out of the blue / without cause