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大地

dàdì

earth, land

Wide rolling fields under a rising red sun
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Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

地 de

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 也 also, too
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 春雨过后,大地像被重新唤醒一样,到处充满生机。 Chūnyǔ guòhòu, dàdì xiàng bèi chóngxīn huànxǐng yíyàng, dàochù chōngmǎn shēngjī. After the spring rain, the earth seemed to have been awakened again, full of life everywhere.
  • 太阳升起来,金色的阳光洒在大地上。 Tàiyáng shēng qǐlái, jīnsè de yángguāng sǎ zài dàdì shàng. The sun rose and golden light spilled over the land.
  • 雪停了,整个大地都变成了白色。 Xuě tíng le, zhěnggè dàdì dōu biànchéng le báisè. The snow stopped and the whole land turned white.

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