| 一席之地 |
yī xí zhī dì |
(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 席 |
Xí |
surname Xi |
| 席 |
xí |
woven mat / seat / banquet / place in a democratic assembly / classifier for banquets, conversations etc |
| 席 |
xí |
variant of 席 / woven mat |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |