动土 (動土)
dòng tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

动土 (動土)
 - 
dòng tǔ
  1. to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. to start building

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 classifier: 片 piàn
  5. 5 classifier: 块 kuài
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 classifier: 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

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

Sample Sentences

气死我了气死我了，真是气炸了！那小子竟敢给我在太岁头上动土！不给他点颜色看看他都不知道我的厉害！
qì sǐ wǒ le qì sǐ wǒ le ，zhēn shì qì zhà le ！nà xiǎozi jìng gǎn gěi wǒ zài tàisuì tóu shàng dòngtǔ ！bù gěi tā diǎnryánsè kàn kan tā dōu bù zhīdào wǒ de lìhai ！
I'm so angry I'm about to blow a gasket! I can't believe that little upstart thinks he can stand toe to toe with me! Let's see if he still thinks so little of me when I show him what I'm made of!
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