地主
dì zhǔ
Pinyin
Definition
地主
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- landlord
- landowner
- host
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
- 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
- 2 a crushing defeat
- 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
上天入地
- 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
- 2 fig. to go to great lengths
- 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
- 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
- 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
Sample Sentences
老同学来出差嘛!我怎么也得尽尽地主之谊。
An old classmate came on a business trip! Any way you cut it, I had to do my best as a host.
对对对。我到现在还对以前学校周围的小吃念念不忘呢。除了吃,还有打牌。什么斗地主、八十分......,宿舍也是培养牌神的好地方!
That's right. I still have really clear memories of the little snacks around the school campus. Besides eating, you can also play cards. There's ''Denounce the Landlord," ''Eighty Points"...the dorm is also a great place for cultivating star card players!