1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
1 to return good for evil (idiom)
2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
功德圆满
gōng dé yuán mǎn
1 virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
同心同德
tóng xīn tóng dé
1 of one mind (idiom)
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
年高德劭
nián gāo dé shào
1 to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)
德才兼备
dé cái jiān bèi
1 having both integrity and talent (idiom)
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
1 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
澡身浴德
zǎo shēn yù dé
1 to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
2 cleanliness is next to godliness
为德不卒
wéi dé bù zú
1 to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
2 lack of sticking power
3 short attention span
为德不终
wéi dé bù zhōng
1 to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
2 lack of sticking power
3 short attention span
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
2 fig. completely in the dark
蒙昧无知
méng mèi wú zhī
1 benighted (idiom)
2 ignorant
阴德必有阳报
yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào
1 hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
点头哈腰
diǎn tóu hā yāo
1 to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping