xià dì

下 地

Level:

SW HSK 3

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v.leave a sickbed
- tā kě yǐ xià dì zǒu dòng le
  她可以下地走动了。
  She is up and about.
- hái zi bìng hǎo duō le yǐ jīng kě yǐ xià dì le
  孩子病好多了，已经可以下地了。
  The child is getting much better now and is up and about again.
- bìng rén yǐ jīng néng xià dì
  病人已经能下地。
  The patient is already up and about.
2
v.go to the fields
- xià dì láo zuò
  下地劳作
  go to work in the fields
- xià dì shōu gē mài zi
  下地收割麦子
  go to harvest wheat in the field
3
v.dial(of a baby) be freshly born; be just delivered
- yī gè hái zi gāng gāng xià dì
  一个孩子刚刚下地。
  A baby was born just now.

Separable word
"下" and "地" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 整个冬天他就没下过地干农活。
  He never went to work in the fields during the whole winter.
- 他病得很厉害，一直躺在床上，下不了地。
  He was so ill that he had been lying in bed and could not leave.
- 这孩子十个月就下了地。
  The child can walk himself when he was ten months old.

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