dì​yú

the earth

  • created sense approved 地舆/地輿 · dì​yú · the earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    地舆 / 地輿

    dì​yú

    the earth

    (literary) the earth; the ground; the world. This term is metaphorically derived from the concept of the earth as a carriage carrying all things.

    地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth 舆 (literal) → 舆/輿 · yú · territory

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  • created sense approved 地舆/地輿 · dì​yú · geography — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    地舆 / 地輿

    dì​yú

    geography

    geography; a map of the earth; the study of the earth's surface (an archaic/literary term)

    地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth 舆 (literal) → 舆/輿 · yú · territory

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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