背地

secretly / in private / behind someone's back

variant of 背[bei1]

to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder

the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

behind sb's back

behind sb's back / privately / on the sly

(bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)

(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)