地支
dì zhī
Pinyin

Definition

地支
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dì zhī
  1. the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑[chǒu], 寅[yín], 卯[mǎo], 辰[chén], 巳[sì], 午[wǔ], 未[wèi], 申[shēn], 酉[yǒu], 戌[xū], 亥[hài], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地主
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
支持
zhī chí
  1. 1 to be in favor of
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
  4. 4 support
  5. 5 backing
  6. 6 to stand by
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
倒地
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground
内地
Nèi dì
  1. 1 mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)
  2. 2 Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
原地
yuán dì
  1. 1 (in) the original place
  2. 2 the place where one currently is
  3. 3 place of origin
  4. 4 local (product)
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
地上
dì shang
  1. 1 on the ground
  2. 2 on the floor
地下
dì xià
  1. 1 underground
  2. 2 subterranean
  3. 3 covert
地位
dì wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
地儿
dì r5
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 space
地区
dì qū
  1. 1 local
  2. 2 regional
  3. 3 district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)
  4. 4 region
  5. 5 area
  6. 6 as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or county level city)
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
地图
dì tú
  1. 1 map
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],本[běn]
地域
dì yù
  1. 1 area
  2. 2 district
  3. 3 region
地坛
Dì tán
  1. 1 Temple of Earth (in Beijing)
地带
dì dài
  1. 1 zone
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
地板
dì bǎn
  1. 1 floor

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人杰地灵
rén jié dì líng
  1. 1 illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
地久天长
dì jiǔ tiān cháng
  1. 1 enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
  2. 2 for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)
  3. 3 also written 天長地久|天长地久
地利人和
dì lì rén hé
  1. 1 favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
壹败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 failed and in a hopeless position
天不怕地不怕
tiān bù pà dì bù pà
  1. 1 fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fearless
天公地道
tiān gōng dì dào
  1. 1 absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
天地悬隔
tiān dì xuán gé
  1. 1 lit. a gulf between heaven and earth
  2. 2 wide difference of opinion (idiom)
天寒地冻
tiān hán dì dòng
  1. 1 cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval

Sample Sentences

首先，“端”的意思就是“初”，所以五月初五也可以叫做五月端五，然后呢，按照地支的顺序推算，五月就是“午月”，五日就是“午日”，“端五就成了“端午"了。
shǒuxiān ，“duān ”de yìsi jiùshì “chū ”，suǒyǐ wǔyuè chūwǔ yě kěyǐ jiàozuò wǔyuè duānwǔ ，ránhòu ne ，ànzhào dezhī de shùnxù tuīsuàn ，wǔyuè jiùshì “wǔ yuè ”，wǔ rì jiùshì “wǔ rì ”，“duānwǔ jiù chéng le “duānwǔ "le 。
First of all, "Duan" means "initial" or "start", so instead of saying the fifth day of the fifth lunar month using the customary phrase "五月初五", you can substitute "初" with "端" to give you "五月端五", and then, according to the order of the 12 earthly branches, May is referred to as "午月", while the fifth day of a month is referred to as "午日", which is how Duanwu Festival became Duanwu Festival.
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开个玩笑嘛，何必这么认真？大家都知道，这些动物是搭配着咱们老祖宗发明的“干支纪年法”来的，十二地支对应到十二种动物。
kāigewánxiào ma ，hébì zhème rènzhēn ？dàjiā dōu zhīdào ，zhèxiē dòngwù shì dāpèi zhe zánmen lǎo zǔzōng fāmíng de “gānzhī jìniánfǎ ”lái de ，shíèr dìzhī duìyìng dào shí èr zhǒng dòngwù 。
I was only joking around, why are you being so serious? Everyone knows that these twelve animals go along with the Stems-and-Branches cycle used by our ancestors to record years, each of the 12 earthly branches corresponds to an animal.
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