目的地 mùdìdì destination (location)
How to remember 目的地: 目 eye + 的 of + 地 ground = destination (location).
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How it is used
- Noun for a physical destination, the endpoint of travel.
- 到达目的地 (arrive at one's destination) is the fixed collocation.
- 我们终于到达了目的地 (wǒmen zhōngyú dàodále mùdìdì) - We finally arrived at our destination.
- Built from 目的 (purpose/goal) + 地 (place); don't shorten it to 目的 when you mean a physical place.
Example sentences
- 我们到达了目的地。 Wǒmen dàodále mùdìdì.We've arrived at our destination.