田地

tiándì

noun #13,555

Measure Word

一块田地 kuài

Meanings

1 field; farmland; cropland
2 plight; wretched state

Characters

Examples

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.

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