得中
dé zhòng
Pinyin
Definition
得中
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- to succeed in an imperial examination
- successful
- to hit the target
- to win (the lottery)
- suitable
- proper
- just right
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一矢中的
- 1 to hit the target with a single shot
- 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一举两得
- 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一语中的
- 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
- 2 to say sth spot on
一蹴而得
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight