席地而坐

Traditional form:

席地而坐

Pinyin (reading):

xídì'érzuò

Definitions:

• to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)

Characters:

• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 坐 - seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

Traditional characters:

• 席 - seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat
• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 坐 - seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by