田间地头 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• farms and fields; the grassroots level of agricultural work

Character by character

• 田tiánfield, farm, arable land; cultivated
• 间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
• 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
• 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top

Idioms sharing a character

• 求田问舍 qiú tián wèn shè
• 沧海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián
• 田忌赛马 Tián Jì sài mǎ
• 蓝田种玉 lán tián zhòng yù
• 人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù
• 字里行间 zì lǐ háng jiān
• 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
• 挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn
• 疏不间亲 shū bù jiàn qīn
• 瞬息之间 shùn xī zhī jiān

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