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土地

Mandarin · pinyin tǔ dì#

land
soil
territory
Classifier: 片 piàn, 塊 kuài

Mandarin · pinyin tǔ di#

local god
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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region

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3–4 · tu3 di4

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tou2 dei6

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noun

ground; soil; land
territory

name

(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 土地公 (Tǔdìgōng, “Tudigong”).

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