田地

Mandarin · pinyin tián dì

Meanings

  1. field
  2. farmland
  3. cropland
  4. plight
  5. extent
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田
tián · field, arable land, cultivated
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
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2–4 · tian2 di4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tin4 dei6

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noun

  1. agricultural field; cropland; farmland
  2. (informal) adverse or disadvantageous state or situation
  3. (literary) place; region
  4. (literary) travel distance

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