东土
Dōng tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

东土
 - 
Dōng tǔ
  1. the East
  2. China

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
入土
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
出土
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土人
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
土包子
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound
土匪
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
土司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土壤
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
土家族
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
土方
tǔ fāng
  1. 1 cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
  2. 2 excavated soil
  3. 3 earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
  4. 4 (TCM) folk remedy
土星
Tǔ xīng
  1. 1 Saturn (planet)
土木
tǔ mù
  1. 1 building
  2. 2 construction
  3. 3 civil engineering
土楼
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
土气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 uncouth
  3. 3 unsophisticated
土特产
tǔ tè chǎn
  1. 1 local specialty

Idioms (20)

入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
  1. 1 lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
面如土色
miàn rú tǔ sè
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面色如土
miàn sè rú tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
风土人情
fēng tǔ rén qíng
  1. 1 local conditions and customs (idiom)

Sample Sentences

话说唐玄奘自东土大唐一路西行求取真经，先后收下了孙悟空、猪八戒、沙悟净为徒。
huàshuō Táng Xuánzàng zì dōngtǔ DàTáng yī lù xī xíng qiúqǔ zhēnjīng ，xiānhòu shōuxià le Sūn Wùkōng 、Zhū Bājiè 、Shā Wùjìng wéi tú 。
Once upon a time, Tang Xuanzang was on a journey to the West, seeking out the Buddhist scriptures. One after the other, he had accepted Monkey, Pigsy and Friar Sand as his disciples.
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