田地 (tián dì) — field, farmland, cultivated land; (figurative) plight, situation (usually a bad one)

Definition

Examples

• 农民在田地里种了很多小麦。
  Nóng mín zài tián dì lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō xiǎo mài.
  The farmers planted a lot of wheat in the fields.
• 他怎么也没想到自己会落到这步田地。
  Tā zěn me yě méi xiǎng dào zì jǐ huì luò dào zhè bù tián dì.
  He never expected that he would end up in such a plight.
• 公司经营不善，竟然到了破产的田地。
  Gōng sī jīng yíng bú shàn, jìng rán dào le pò chǎn de tián dì.
  The company was poorly managed and actually got to the point of bankruptcy.