暗地里 (暗地裡)
àn dì li
Pinyin

Definition

暗地里 (暗地裡)
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àn dì li
  1. secretly
  2. inwardly
  3. on the sly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地主
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position

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
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb

Sample Sentences

还好玩呢？人家可是暗地里在操纵你的电脑，偷窥你的信息。
hái hǎowán ne ？rénjiā kěshì àndelǐ zài cāozòng nǐ de diànnǎo ，tōukuī nǐ de xìnxī 。
Fun? That's people secretly controlling your computer and peeping at your information.
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那肯定得暗地里送。你总不能在医院当着那么多人的面给吧。
nà kěndìng děi àndì lǐ sòng 。nǐ zǒng bùnéng zài yīyuàn dāng zhe nàme duō rén de miàn gěi ba 。
Well, you definitely have to do it on the sly. You can't just give it in front of a bunch of people at the hospital.
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