德
dé
Pinyin
Definition
德
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- virtue
- goodness
- morality
- ethics
- kindness
- favor
- character
- kind
德
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- Germany
- German
- abbr. for 德國|德国[Dé guó]
德 (悳)
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- variant of 德[dé]
德 (惪)
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- variant of 德[dé]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
仁义道德
- 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
- 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以德报怨
- 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
- 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨，以德报德
- 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
功德圆满
- 1 virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
Sample Sentences
德国生产很多车子。
Germany produces many cars.
很多老一辈的中国人喜欢听相声，尤其是郭德纲先生的。说起郭德纲，他不只相声厉害，还熟悉各种戏曲，所以很多人想成为他的学生呢。
Many older Chinese like to listen to cross talk, especially Mr. Guo Degang’s. Speaking of Guo Degang, he is not only good at cross talk, but also familiar with various operas, so many people want to be his students.
你去过德国吗？
Have you been to Germany before?
你学过德语吗？
Have you learnt German before?
德国人喜欢吃面包。
Germans likes to eat bread.
这家餐厅的菜五花八门，有印度菜、法国菜，还有德国菜。
This restaurant has various cuisines. There’re Indian food, French food, and German food.
德国面包比法国面包好吃。
German bread tastes better than French bread.
贤良淑德
virtuous
当天，美国财政部发布针对主要贸易伙伴的《国际经济和汇率政策报告》，认为美国的主要贸易伙伴均未操纵汇率，但将中国、德国、爱尔兰、意大利、日本、韩国、马来西亚、新加坡和越南9个国家列入汇率政策监测名单。
On the same day, the US Treasury Department issued the "International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy Report" for major trading partners, stating that the major trading partners of the United States did not manipulate the exchange rate, but included China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, these nine countries in the list for policy monitoring.
在中国文化中，谦虚是一种美德，所以有实力的人通常不会卖弄自己，但是能力不好的人，却常常把自己讲得很好。
In Chinese culture, people regard modesty as one of the virtues, so usually competent people don’t show off; however, incompetent people would often brag about how good they are.