立锥之地
lì​zhuī​zhī​dì

tiny bit of land

  • created reference approved 立锥之地/立錐之地 → 置锥之地/置錐之地 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    立锥之地 / 立錐之地 lì​zhuī​zhī​dì

    置锥之地 / 置錐之地 zhì​zhuī​zhī​dì

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 立锥之地/立錐之地 · lì​zhuī​zhī​dì · tiny bit of land — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    立锥之地 / 立錐之地

    lì​zhuī​zhī​dì

    tiny bit of land

    A place just large enough to stick a needle; used to describe a very small space, often in the negative to mean having no place at all to call one's own.

    立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to stand 锥 (literal) → 锥/錐 · zhuī · awl 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · place

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

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