de

earth; soil, ground; region

DEFINITIONS

地 de
  • -ly
  • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地 dì
  • earth
  • ground
  • field
  • place
  • land
  • CL:片[pian4]

STROKES

WORDS

块 dì kuài tectonic plate
震仪 dì zhèn yí seismometer
震学 dì zhèn xué seismology; science of earthquakes
震波 dì zhèn bō seismic wave
shī dì to lose land; dispossessed
铺 dǎ dì pù to make one's bed on the floor
欢天喜 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted; with great joy; in high spirits
fú dì happy land; paradise
jiù dì once familiar places; former haunts
灯 luò dì dēng floor lamp
窗 luò dì chuāng French window; CL:扇[shan4]
谈天说 tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly; talking of anything under the sun
集散 jí sàn dì distribution center
线 dì xiàn earth (wire); ground
缘 dì yuán geographic situation; geo-(politics etc)
老天荒 dì lǎo tiān huāng see 天荒地老[tian1 huang1 di4 lao3]
取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources; using materials at hand
发祥 fā xiáng dì the birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art)
wā dì depression; low-lying ground
置之死而后生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger; fig. to find a way out of an impasse
英雄无用武之 yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
盐碱 yán jiǎn dì saline soil; (fig.) infertile woman
制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform
磁场 dì cí chǎng the earth's magnetic field