田地

tiándì

noun #13,555

Measure Word

一块田地 kuài

Meanings

1 field; farmland; cropland
2 plight; wretched state

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

爷爷的田地就在村子后面。

Yéye de tiándì jiù zài cūnzi hòumiàn.

Grandpa's farmland is right behind the village.

HSK 4

事情怎么会到了这步田地？

Shìqing zěnme huì dào le zhè bù tiándì?

How could things have reached such a state?

Tips

usage

The second meaning 'plight/wretched state' is always used in the pattern 到了...田地 or 落到...田地, expressing that a situation has deteriorated to a bad extent.

Stroke Order

田 tián

地 dì