对得起 (對得起)
duì de qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

对得起 (對得起)
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duì de qǐ
  1. not to let sb down
  2. to treat sb fairly
  3. be worthy of

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
得
dé
  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
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get

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
一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

谢谢王总。不过，我也没什么野心。安安稳稳地过日子，对得起自己，也就好了。
xièxie Wáng zǒng 。bùguò ，wǒ yě méi shénme yěxīn 。ānānwěnwěn de guò rìzi ，duìdeqǐ zìjǐ ，yě jiù hǎo le 。
Thank you, Manager Wang. But I’m not really that ambitious. If I can live in a peaceful, stable way, and face myself in the mirror, that’ll be fine.
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今天一开盘是有点起色了。所以我说政府救股还是救得对，要不然怎么对得起我们这些大半辈子积蓄都投进去的小股民呢！
jīntiān yī kāi pán shì yǒudiǎnr qǐsè le 。suǒyǐ wǒ shuō zhèngfǔ jiù gǔ háishì jiù de duì ，yàoburán zěnme duìdeqǐ wǒmen zhèxiē dàbànbèizi jīxù dōu tóu jìnqù de xiǎo gǔmín ne ！
Things looked good when trading commenced. So I think the government were right to save the stock market, otherwise they would be letting down all the individual stock market investors who have invested half their live savings in it!
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李叔，你别这样，你别走！你这样怎么对得起我死去的父亲？
Lǐshú ，nǐ bié zhèyàng ，nǐ bié zǒu ！nǐ zhèyàng zěnme duìdeqǐ wǒ sǐ qù de fùqin ？
Li Shu, don't be like that! Don't go! Aren't you letting down my late father with this attitude?
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我对不起他？你该想想，你这样怎么对得起他？你父亲的名声都让你给坏光了。
wǒ duìbuqǐ tā ？nǐ gāi xiǎngxiang ，nǐ zhèyàng zěnme duìdeqǐ tā ？nǐ fùqin de míngshēng dōu ràng nǐ gěi huài guāng le 。
I'm letting him down? You should think about how you're letting him down by behaving this way? You've completely destroyed your father's good name.
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