得意忘形
dé yì wàng xíng
Pinyin

Definition

得意忘形
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dé yì wàng xíng
  1. so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure
  2. beside oneself with joy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
wàng
  1. 1 to forget
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to neglect
wàng jì
  1. 1 to forget
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
jì de
  1. 1 to remember
yī xīn yī yì
  1. 1 concentrating one's thoughts and efforts
  2. 2 single-minded
  3. 3 bent on
  4. 4 intently
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
bù jīng yì
  1. 1 not paying attention
  2. 2 carelessly
  3. 3 by accident
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
zhǔ yi
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 idea
  3. 3 decision
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 Beijing pr. [zhú yi]
jiè yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to take offense
  3. 3 to mind
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
shǐ de
  1. 1 usable
  2. 2 workable
  3. 3 feasible
  4. 4 doable
  5. 5 to make
  6. 6 to cause
zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
miǎn de
  1. 1 so as not to
  2. 2 so as to avoid
quán xīn quán yì
  1. 1 heart and soul
  2. 2 wholeheartedly
kè yì
  1. 1 meticulous
  2. 2 painstaking
  3. 3 deliberate

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意,攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
前事不忘,后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
  1. 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
  1. 1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.

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