黃土高原

Loess Plateau of northwest China

yellow / pornographic / to fall through

loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

surname Gao

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)

plateau / CL:片[pian4]

surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara

former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source