下地

xiàdì

verb #28,514

Meanings

1 to go down to the fields (to work)
2 to get out of bed; to leave one's sickbed
3 to be born

Characters

down; below; to descend

ground; earth; land; fields

Examples

HSK 2

病人已经可以下地走路了。

Bìngrén yǐjīng kěyǐ xiàdì zǒulù le.

The patient is now able to get out of bed and walk.

HSK 7-9

农民们一大早就下地干活了。

Nóngmín men yīdàzǎo jiù xiàdì gànhuó le.

The farmers went out to work in the fields early in the morning.

Tips

usage

下地 has two common meanings: (1) for farmers, it means going to work in the fields; (2) for patients, it means getting out of bed and standing on the ground (地) again.

Stroke Order

下 xià

地 dì