奠都
diàn dū
Pinyin

Definition

奠都
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diàn dū
  1. to determine the position of the capital
  2. to found a capital

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Du
Chéng dū
  1. 1 Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
dū shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 metropolis
Jīng dū
  1. 1 Kyoto, Japan
Jīng dū fǔ
  1. 1 Kyōto prefecture in central Japan
quán dōu
  1. 1 all
  2. 2 without exception
Jiā dé mǎn dū
  1. 1 Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
gǔ dū
  1. 1 ancient capital
Shāng dū
  1. 1 Shangdu county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
guó dū
  1. 1 national capital
Yáo dū qū
  1. 1 Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市[Lín fén shì], Shanxi
Dà dū
  1. 1 Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
dà dū shì
  1. 1 metropolis
  2. 2 large city
  3. 3 megacity
diàn
  1. 1 to fix
  2. 2 to settle
  3. 3 a libation to the dead
diàn jī
  1. 1 groundbreaking
  2. 2 to lay foundation
diàn jī rén
  1. 1 founder
  2. 2 pioneer
diàn jī shí
  1. 1 a foundation stone
  2. 2 a cornerstone
diàn jī zhě
  1. 1 founder
  2. 2 pioneer
diàn dìng
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to fix
  3. 3 to settle
diàn jì
  1. 1 pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice

Idioms (4)

手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
脸都绿了
liǎn dōu lu:4 le
  1. 1 green in the face (idiom)
  2. 2 to look unwell
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
  1. 1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to arrive late
  3. 3 to take one's sweet time

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