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land
potato
one's native country
soil
to dig up
local conditions and customs
country's territory
territory
earth
water and soil
native
Notice where 土 sits in each complete thought.
I will teach Esperanto in my land.
Source: Tatoeba #8932533 · CC BY 2.0 FRHis nose looks like a potato.
Source: Tatoeba #1788118 · CC BY 2.0 FRThis is very good soil.
Source: Tatoeba #5993945 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm not very Chinese. For example, I don't believe that Taiwan is Chinese territory.
Source: Tatoeba #1517358 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe bought land for the purpose of building a house.
Source: Tatoeba #481134 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe bought land for the purpose of building a house.
Source: Tatoeba #5114821 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.