干爹 (乾爹)
gān diē
Pinyin

Definition

干爹 (乾爹)
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gān diē
  1. adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

爹
diē
  1. 1 dad
爹地
diē dì
  1. 1 daddy (loanword)
爹娘
diē niáng
  1. 1 (dialect) parents
老爹
lǎo diē
  1. 1 (dialect) father
  2. 2 old man
  3. 3 sir
乾
qián
  1. 1 old variant of 乾[qián]

Idioms (3)

扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哈哈，您还别说，阿里巴巴的影响力真是非同凡响啊。难怪那么多网民争先恐后地叫马云作“干爹”。嗨，不过话说回来，这样的“干爹”谁不想要啊！
hāhā ，nín hái bié shuō ，Ālǐbābā de yǐngxiǎng lì zhēn shì fēitóngfánxiǎng ā 。nánguài nàme duō wǎngmín zhēngxiānkǒnghòu de jiào Mǎ Yún zuò “gāndiē ”。hāi ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，zhèyàng de “gāndiē ”shéi bù xiǎngyào ā ！
Ha ha, you don't need to tell me! Alibaba is extremely influential. No wonder so many netizens are falling over each other to call Jack Ma their "godfather". Hey, but that said, who wouldn't want a "godfather" like that!
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