德治
dé zhì
Pinyin

Definition

德治
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dé zhì
  1. rule by virtue
  2. rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

德
Dé
  1. 1 Germany
  2. 2 German
  3. 3 abbr. for 德國|德国[Dé guó]
德克萨斯
Dé kè sà sī
  1. 1 Texas
德国
Dé guó
  1. 1 Germany
  2. 2 German
德州
Dé zhōu
  1. 1 Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong
  2. 2 abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州, Texas
爱德华
Ài dé huá
  1. 1 Edward
  2. 2 Édouard (name)
政治
zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
治
zhì
  1. 1 to rule
  2. 2 to govern
  3. 3 to manage
  4. 4 to control
  5. 5 to harness (a river)
  6. 6 to treat (a disease)
  7. 7 to wipe out (a pest)
  8. 8 to punish
  9. 9 to research
治疗
zhì liáo
  1. 1 to treat (an illness)
  2. 2 medical treatment
  3. 3 therapy
治愈
zhì yù
  1. 1 to cure
肯德基
Kěn dé jī
  1. 1 KFC
  2. 2 Kentucky Fried Chicken
贞德
Zhēn dé
  1. 1 Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
  2. 2 also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan
道德
dào dé
  1. 1 virtue
  2. 2 morality
  3. 3 ethics
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
不治
bù zhì
  1. 1 to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
亚里士多德
Yà lǐ shì duō dé
  1. 1 Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
人治
rén zhì
  1. 1 rule of man
以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
  1. 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
  2. 2 to requite evil with good
杰拉德
Jié lā dé
  1. 1 Gerrard (name)
全聚德
Quán jù dé
  1. 1 Quanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)
公德
gōng dé
  1. 1 public ethics
  2. 2 social morality

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
  1. 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
  2. 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
功德圆满
gōng dé yuán mǎn
  1. 1 virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
  1. 1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
同心同德
tóng xīn tóng dé
  1. 1 of one mind (idiom)
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
年高德劭
nián gāo dé shào
  1. 1 to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)
德才兼备
dé cái jiān bèi
  1. 1 having both integrity and talent (idiom)
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
  1. 1 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
  1. 1 political and military achievements (idiom)
治丧从俭
zhì sàng cóng jiǎn
  1. 1 to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
  1. 1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
  2. 2 effective government requires minimal intervention
澡身浴德
zǎo shēn yù dé
  1. 1 to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
  2. 2 cleanliness is next to godliness
为德不卒
wéi dé bù zú
  1. 1 to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
为德不终
wéi dé bù zhōng
  1. 1 to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
臻于郅治
zhēn yú zhì zhì
  1. 1 to attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)

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