地下 (dì xià) — (noun) underground, the area below ground level; (adjective) underground; subterranean; covert
Definition
地下 has two senses: literal 'underground, below the surface' (地下商场) and figurative 'covert, secret' (地下活动). The covert sense is similar to 隐蔽 but used mainly as a noun adjunct to describe things that operate in secret.
noun
undergroundthe area below ground level
adjective
undergroundsubterraneancovert
Examples
- 地下，。dì xià Hěn liáng kuai, xià tiān kě yǐ zuò zài zhè lǐ xiū xi.It's cool underground; you can sit here and rest in the summer.
- 地下。Zhè ge chéng shì yǒu hěn duō dì xià shāng chǎng.This city has many underground shopping malls.
- 地下。Zhè shì yí gè dì xià yán jiū xiàng mù.This is a covert research project.
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