九地 jiǔ dì

  1. jiǔ dì set phrase nine topographic forms
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Namely, 沙泥 sand and mud, 澤池 marshes, 沚崖 rocky outcrops, 下田 fields, 中田 meadows, 上田 grasslands, 下山 mounds, 中山 hills, 上山 mountains (Guoyu '九地' 1)
  2. jiǔ dì set phrase the earth; everywhere
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 大地 or 遍地 (Guoyu '九地' 2)
  3. jiǔ dì set phrase a deep recess in the earth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, as used in the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 4 (reworded from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 27; Guoyu '九地' 3)
  4. jiǔ dì set phrase nine lands; nine realms
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: The nine places where people dwell: 欲界 realm of desire, the four 色界 realms of form, and the four 無色界 formless realms (Ding '九地'; FGDB '九地'; SH '九地')

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