草地
cǎo dì
Pinyin

Definition

草地
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cǎo dì
  1. lawn
  2. meadow
  3. sod
  4. turf
  5. CL:片[piàn]

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

我们常常在起名时营造符合生肖的生活环境，借此预示宝宝生活舒适，顺风顺水。比如生肖为兔、马、羊、牛的这些生肖，则起名用“茵”“草”“荫”等和草地相关的字。
wǒmen chángcháng zài qǐmíng shí yíngzào fúhé shēngxiào de shēnghuó huánjìng ，jiècǐ yùshì bǎobao shēnghuó shūshì ，shùnfēng shùnshuǐ 。bǐrú shēngxiào wèi tù 、mǎ 、yáng 、niú de zhèxiē shēngxiào ，zé qǐmíng yòng “yīn ”“cǎo ”“yìn ”děng hé cǎodì xiāngguān de zì 。
When choosing a name we often use a character that fits with the habitat of the animals of the zodiac, which is used to predict that the baby will have a comfortable life and that things will go well for him or her. For example, with zodiac animals like the rabbit, the horse, the goat and the ox, you get names with characters with the grass radical on the top, like "茵", meaning "mattress", "草", meaning "grass" and "荫" meaning "shade".
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其次按照生肖来起名，十二生肖为，鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪，里面有生活在森林草地的动物，有生活在山岩峭壁的动物。
qícì ànzhào shēngxiào lái qǐmíng ，shí èr shēngxiào wèi ，shǔ niú hǔ tù lóng shé mǎ yáng hóu jī gǒu zhū ，lǐmiàn yǒu shēnghuó zài sēnlín cǎodì de dòngwù ，yǒu shēnghuó zài shānyán qiàobì de dòngwù 。
Then you name them using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. The twelve animals are, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Among them all there are those that live in the forest, those that live in the meadows and those that live in among the mountains.
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金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼，可是毕竟国外高楼林立，到处是摩天大楼，不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体，从天空串落到草地上，还是很有特色的。
Jīnmàodàshà hái shì suànle ba 。suīshuō Jīnmàodàshà hàochēng shìjiè dì sān gāolóu ，kěshì bìjìng guówài gāolóu línlì ，dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu ，bù xīqí 。Dōngfāngmíngzhū diànshìtǎ dàoshì kěyǐ dài tā qù kànkan 。zhè shíyī ge dàxiǎo bùyī 、gāodī cuòluò de qiútǐ ，cóng tiānkōng chuànluò dào cǎodì shang ，háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de 。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.
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不能在草地上走。
bù néng zài cǎodì shang zǒu 。
You can't walk on the grass.
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谁说的？快出来！要保护草地。
shéi shuō de ？kuài chūlái ！yào bǎohù cǎodì 。
Says who? Get out. We should protect the grass.
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啊？草地就是给人走的。
ǎ ？cǎodì jiùshì gěi rén zǒu de 。
Huh? Grass is for people to walk on.
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我一直想完整地走一遍，体会一下你爷爷当年吃过的苦。你爷爷以前常跟我说他和战友们一起爬雪山，过草地，吃树皮的故事，那种艰苦我们是难以想象得到的！
wǒ yīzhí xiǎng wánzhěng de zǒu yī biàn ，tǐhuì yīxià nǐ yéye dāngnián chī guò de kǔ 。nǐ yéye yǐqián cháng gēn wǒ shuō tā hé zhànyǒu men yīqǐ pá xuěshān ，guò cǎodì ，chī shùpí de gùshi ，nà zhǒng jiānkù wǒmen shì nányǐ xiǎngxiàng de dào de ！
I've always wanted to walk it all the way, and experience the bitterness that your Grandfather tasted during those years. Your grandfather often used to tell me about climbing snowy mountains, crossing grassy fields, and eating bark with his war-time buddies. It's hard for us to imagine that kind of bitter struggle.
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