一席之地

Mandarin · pinyin yī xí zhī dì

Meanings

  1. (acknowledged) place
  2. a role to play
  3. niche
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一
yī · one; a, an; alone
席
xí · seat; mat; take seat; banquet
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
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1–2–1–4 · yi1 xi2 zhi1 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat1 zik6 zi1 dei6

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jat1 zik6 zi1 dei6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) small space; niche

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