懂得
dǒng de
Pinyin

Definition

懂得
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dǒng de
  1. to understand
  2. to know
  3. to comprehend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
懂
dǒng
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to comprehend
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel

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
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Sample Sentences

经历了战争的人们，更加懂得和平的宝贵。我们纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利七十周年，就是要铭记历史、缅怀先烈、珍爱和平、开创未来。
jīnglì le zhànzhēng de rénmen ，gèngjiā dǒngde hépíng de bǎoguì 。wǒmen jìniàn Zhōngguó rénmín Kàng Rì Zhànzhēng jì shìjiè fǎn fǎxīsī zhànzhēng shènglì qīshí zhōunián ，jiùshì yào míngjì lìshǐ 、miǎnhuái xiānliè 、zhēnài hépíng 、kāichuàng wèilái 。
People have have been through war, understand the preciousness of peace even more than others. When we remember the Seventieth Anniversary of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, we engrave history in our memories, commemorate the martyrs, cherish peace, and start looking towards the future.
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我…我就骂了几句脏话，说他们不懂得尊重孩子自己的意愿，扭头走了……
wǒ …wǒ jiù mà le jǐjù zānghuà ，shuō tāmen bù dǒngdé zūnzhòng háizi zìjǐ de yìyuàn ，niǔ tóu zǒu le ……
Me... I just swore at them a bit, telling them that they had no respect for the child's wants, and then I turned around and left...
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唉！儿子啊，不是不让你买，但是你也要懂得爱惜东西，像这套，去年底才买的吧？穿不到几个月啊，丢掉太浪费了！
ài ！érzi ā ，bùshì bùràng nǐ mǎi ，dànshì nǐ yě yào dǒngde àixī dōngxi ，xiàng zhè tào ，qùniándǐ cái mǎi de ba ？chuān bùdào jǐ ge yuè ā ，diūdiào tài làngfèi le ！
Ah! Son! It's not that I don't want to let you buy them, but you have to understand that you need to make good use out of things. Like this sports gear, didn't you just buy it at the end of last year? You've only worn it a couple of months, so it would be such a waste to throw them out!
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哎！和你讲话真是话不投机半句多，邮差怎么了？行万里路的邮差也比一个读了圣贤书却不懂得人情世故的酸文人强。
āi ！hé nǐ jiǎnghuà zhēn shì huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō ，yóuchāi zěnmele ？xíng wàn lǐ lù de yóuchāi yě bǐ yī gè dú le shèngxiánshū quèbù dǒngde rénqíng shìgù de suānwénrén qiáng 。
Agh! We really can't see eye to eye on much. What's wrong with postal workers? They would also be better off after travelling 10,000 miles than being fusty old scholars who have read the classics but don't understand the ways of the world.
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这两条哪够啊，还有懂得倾听，据不靠谱数据显示，男生懂得倾听可以让女生好感大增。
zhè liǎng tiáo nǎ gòu ā ，háiyǒu dǒngde qīngtīng ，jù bù kàopǔ shùjù xiǎnshì ，nánshēng dǒngde qīngtīng kěyǐ ràng nǚshēng hǎogǎn dà zēng 。
How could two requirements be enough? They have to know how to listen. According to some rather dubious statistics, men who know how to listen are a lot more attractive to women.
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说得没错，另外，80后独生子女大都自私傲娇，心智不够成熟，在婚姻生活里大多也不懂得退让不会用心经营，从某种程度上也造成如今社会的高出轨率。
shuō de méicuò ，lìngwài ，bālíng hòu dúshēngzǐnǚ dà dōu zìsī àojiāo ，xīnzhì bùgòu chéngshú ，zài hūnyīn shēnghuó lǐ dàduō yě bù dǒngde tuìràng bùhuì yòngxīn jīngyíng ，cóng mǒuzhǒng chéngdùshàng yě zàochéng rújīn shèhuì de gāo chūguǐ lǜ 。
You're right there. As well as that, the only children born in the 1980s are mostly all selfish and arrogant, and aren't very mature. They mostly don't understand how to back down in their married lives and don't make concerted efforts to make their marriages work. In a certain sense, this has also led to the high rate of cheating in today's society.
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其实奉养父母体现的是一种懂得饮水思源、知恩图报的基本德行，这是为什么“不孝”在中国社会被视为一种无德而遭受批判，但孝行必须发自内心，否则意义不大。除此之外，孝道还有更深一层的意义，就是不使父母蒙羞。
qíshí fèngyǎng fùmǔ tǐxiàn de shì yīzhǒng dǒngde yǐnshuǐsīyuán 、zhīēntúbal4 de jīběn déxing ，zhè shì wèishénme “bù xiào ”zài Zhōngguó shèhuì bèi shì wèi yīzhǒng wú dé ér zāoshòu pīpàn ，dàn xiàoxíng bìxū fāzì nèixīn ，fǒuzé yìyì bùdà 。chú cǐ zhīwài ，xiàodào háiyǒu gèng shēn yī céng de yìyì ，jiùshì bù shǐ fùmǔ méngxiū 。
Actually looking after your parents embodies the virtues of knowing which side your bread is buttered on and to repaying kindnesses done to you. This is why being "unfilial" is a criticism suffered by those that are seen to be without virtue, but filial behavior should come from the heart, otherwise it doesn't mean much. Apart from this, filial piety has a deeper level of significance, which is to not let your parents shame.
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你怎么像我妈一样啰嗦！哎没办法，我从小想得到什么就得到什么，根本不懂得取得这两个字怎么写。
nǐ zěnme xiàng wǒ mā yīyàng luōsuo ！āi méi bànfǎ ，wǒ cóngxiǎo xiǎng dédào shénme jiù dédào shénme ，gēnběn bù dǒngde qǔdé zhè liǎng ge zì zěnme xiě 。
Why are you so nagging like my mom? Well, i can't do anything about it. I get what i want ever since i was a kid. I don't even know how to spell “acquire”
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很多事情不能硬干，懂得吗？
hěn duō shìqing bùnéng yìng gàn ，dǒngde ma ？
There's a lot of things that you can't just solve with brute strength, you know what I mean?
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懂得谦虚的人才是真聪明。
dǒngde qiānxū de rén cái shì zhēn cōngming 。
Someone that understands humility is someone that is truly smart.
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