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目的地

mù dì dì

HSK 3.0 level 4 3-character word

目的地 (mù dì dì) means "destination (location)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 目的地 means

1. destination (location)

The characters in 目的地

• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 地dìearth; ground; field

Example sentences

• 他们直奔目的地。
  Tāmen zhíbèn mùdìdì.
  They made straight for their destination.
• 这艘船的目的地是孟买
  The ship set sail for Bombay.
• 这艘船即将到达她的目的地
  The ship was on the point of arriving at her destination.
• 许多人毫无目的地随波逐流。
  Xǔduō rén háowú mùdìdì suíbōzhúliú.
  Many people drift through life without a purpose.
• 带着希望旅行比达到目的地更为美好。
  Dài zhe xīwàng lǚxíng bǐ dádào mùdìdì gèng wèi měihǎo.
  To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
• 偶尔漫无目的地走一走是很有乐趣的。
  Sometimes it's fun to just wander about aimlessly.

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