席地而坐 — Chinese idiom
席地而坐
xí dì ér zuò
Meaning
- to sit on the ground or the floor
Character by character
- 席xíseat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 坐zuòseat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
Idioms sharing a character
- 虚席以待 xū xí yǐ dài
- 一败涂地 yī bài tú dì
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不败之地 bù bài zhī dì
- 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì
- 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì
- 人杰地灵 rén jié dì líng
- 人间地狱 rén jiān dì yù
- 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
- 呱呱坠地 gū gū zhuì dì
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