Mnemonic comic for 地
Mnemonic
Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
All translations for 地
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地 character breakdown
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
也
=
㇆
+
丨
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乚
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Mnemonic symbol: an excavator. A plow and a shovel are both tools for moving earth, and an excavator can be used to dig up dinosaur bones.
Maud Younger (y) is digging for dinosaur bones (丨) in the elevator's living room (e3). First she used a plow (㇆) to destroy the floor, then she used an excavator (也) to pull out the dinosaur bone surrounded by lots of earth. Finally she uses a shovel (乚) to remove the remaining earth manually so as to not damage the precious dinosaur bone. (The stroke order is ㇆丨乚)
Maud Younger (y) is digging for dinosaur bones (丨) in the elevator's living room (e3). First she used a plow (㇆) to destroy the floor, then she used an excavator (也) to pull out the dinosaur bone surrounded by lots of earth. Finally she uses a shovel (乚) to remove the remaining earth manually so as to not damage the precious dinosaur bone. (The stroke order is ㇆丨乚)
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
Characters with 地 as component
Words with 地
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities