地步
dìbù
extent; situation; point
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 问题发展到这种地步，已经不是一句道歉就能解决的。 Wèntí fāzhǎn dào zhè zhǒng dìbù, yǐjīng bú shì yí jù dàoqiàn jiù néng jiějué de. The problem has developed to this point, and it can no longer be solved with a simple apology.
- 他累到了连饭都吃不下的地步。 Tā lèi dào le lián fàn dōu chī bú xià de dìbù. He was so tired that he couldn't even eat.
- 你怎么会落到这种地步？ Nǐ zěnme huì luò dào zhè zhǒng dìbù? How did you end up in a state like this?
Related words
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 地图 dìtú map
- 草地 cǎodì grassland; lawn
- 地球 dìqiú Earth
- 地铁 dìtiě subway
- 地铁站 dìtiězhàn subway station
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 当地 dāngdì local