地名
dì míng
Pinyin

Definition

地名
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dì míng
  1. place name
  2. toponym

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground
Nèi dì
  1. 1 mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)
  2. 2 Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
chū míng
  1. 1 well-known for sth
  2. 2 to become well known
  3. 3 to make one's mark
yuán dì
  1. 1 (in) the original place
  2. 2 the place where one currently is
  3. 3 place of origin
  4. 4 local (product)
qǔ míng
  1. 1 to name
  2. 2 to be named
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to seek fame
míng rén
  1. 1 personage
  2. 2 celebrity
míng lì
  1. 1 fame and profit
míng fù qí shí
  1. 1 not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
míng jiào
  1. 1 called
  2. 2 named
míng dān
  1. 1 list of names
míng yuán
  1. 1 young lady of note
  2. 2 debutante

Idioms (20)

一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久慕盛名
jiǔ mù shèng míng
  1. 1 I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you.
  2. 2 It's an honor to meet you at last.
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人杰地灵
rén jié dì líng
  1. 1 illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
功名利禄
gōng míng lì lù
  1. 1 position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù
  1. 1 to win success and recognition (idiom)
名不副实
míng bù fù shí
  1. 1 the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact
  2. 2 Reality does not live up to the name.
  3. 3 Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
名不符实
míng bù fú shí
  1. 1 the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation
名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán
  1. 1 lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
  2. 2 enjoys a well-deserved reputation
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
名副其实
míng fù qí shí
  1. 1 not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
名噪一时
míng zào yī shí
  1. 1 to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory

Sample Sentences

非也,金马二字呢,取自金门、马祖两个地名的首字,这样的取名也符合全球主要影展界以金字招牌为号召的潮流。
fēi yě ,jīn mǎ èr zì ne ,qǔ zì jīnmén 、mǎzǔ liǎng gè dìmíng de shǒu zì ,zhèyàng de qǔ míng yě fúhé quánqiú zhǔyào yǐngzhǎn jiè yǐ jīn zì zhāopái wèi hàozhào de cháoliú 。
No, the two characters "Jinma", meaning "Golden Horse", come from the first characters of the place names Jinmen and Mazu. Forming the name in this way fits with the international convention of film festivals using "golden" in their names.
琅玡是地名,中国曾有两个地方设为琅玡郡,影片的历史背景为梁国,加上皇室都姓萧,可以推断该剧的时代为南北朝时期的萧梁时代,又加上主角来自江左,也就是现在长江下游,安徽南部、江苏、上海这些地方,所以应该指的是安徽省滁州市的琅玡山一带。
lángyá shì dìmíng ,Zhōngguó céng yǒu liǎng gè dìfang shè wèi lángyájùn ,yǐngpiàn de lìshǐ bèijǐng wèi Liáng ,jiāshàng huángshì dōu xìng Xiāo ,kěyǐ tuīduàn gāi jù de shídài wèi nánběicháo shíqī de Xiāo Liáng shídài ,yòu jiāshàng zhǔjué láizì jiāngzuǒ ,yějiùshì xiànzài Chángjiāng xiàyóu ,ānhuī nánbù 、Jiāngsū 、Shànghǎi zhèxiē dìfang ,suǒyǐ yīnggāi zhǐ de shì ānhuī shěng Chúzhōu shì de lángyáshān yīdài 。
"Langya" is a place name. There are two places in China with the name Langya county, and the series is set in the state of Liang and all the imperial family is surnamed Xiao, so you can infer that the series is set against the Southern Liang dynasty period during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. As well as this the protagonist comes from Jiangzuo, which is now the lower reaches of the Yangtze, around the south of Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai, so it likely refers to the area around Langya mountain in the city of Chuzhou in Anhui province.
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地名
dìmíng
name of a place
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