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一亩三分地

yī mǔ sān fēn dì

5-character word Traditional 一畝三分地

What 一亩三分地 means

1. a piece of land of 1.3 mu {亩|mǔ}
2. (fig.) one's turf

The characters in 一亩三分地

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 亩mǔclassifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
• 三sānthree; 3
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 地dìearth; ground; field