席地而坐
xí​dì'ér​zuò

to sit on the ground

  • created sense approved 席地而坐 · xí​dì'ér​zuò · to sit on the ground — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    席地而坐

    xí​dì'ér​zuò

    to sit on the ground

    to sit directly on the ground or floor, often used as an idiom describing a casual or informal seating arrangement; literally refers to the ancient practice of spreading a mat on the ground to sit on

    席地 (literal) → 席地 · xí​dì · on the ground 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit

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

    created sense