地中海

Dìzhōnghǎi
noun #14,555

Meanings

  1. 1 Mediterranean Sea
  2. 2 bald crown; male pattern baldness

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tāmen zài Dìzhōnghǎi yán'àn dùjià.
They vacationed along the Mediterranean coast.
HSK 7-9
Tā cái sānshí duō suì, tóudǐng jiù kāishǐ dìzhōnghǎi le.
He's only in his thirties and already getting a bald spot on top.

Tips

memory
地中海 literally means 'sea in the middle of the land' - the Mediterranean is surrounded by Europe, Africa, and Asia. The slang meaning (bald crown) comes from the visual similarity: a ring of hair around a bare patch looks like land surrounding a sea.

Stroke Order

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