大地

大

dà

地

dì

earth / mother earth

Characters and words in 大地

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

地

de = d + e5

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

地

dì = di + Ø4

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

地 = 也 + 土 : 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.