大地 dàdì earth
earth; mother earth
How to remember 大地: 大 big + 地 ground = earth.
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How it is used
- The earth as a vast, poetic expanse - 'the land, mother earth': 春回大地 (chūn huí dàdì) spring returns to the land.
- Literary/emotive, not scientific; contrast 地球 (dìqiú), the planet as a physical body.
- Evokes nature, homeland, and renewal in songs and prose.
Example sentences
- 这儿有张德国的大地图。 Zhèér yǒuzhāng déguó de dà dìtú.Here's a big map of Germany.