席地而坐 xí dì ér zuò

to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
席 xí HSK 5
seat; banquet; woven mat
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
而 ér HSK 3
and; but (not); (indicates contrast)
坐 zuò HSK 1
to sit; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to take a seat