公德
gōng dé
Pinyin

Definition

公德
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gōng dé
  1. public ethics
  2. social morality

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公主
gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
公交
gōng jiāo
  1. 1 public transportation
  2. 2 mass transit
  3. 3 abbr. for 公共交通[gōng gòng jiāo tōng]
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 CL:輛|辆[liàng]
公布
gōng bù
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to publish
公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 CL:家[jiā]
公园
gōng yuán
  1. 1 park (for public recreation)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],座[zuò]
公寓
gōng yù
  1. 1 apartment building
  2. 2 block of flats
  3. 3 CL:套[tào]
公平
gōng píng
  1. 1 fair
  2. 2 impartial
公民
gōng mín
  1. 1 citizen
公路
gōng lù
  1. 1 highway
  2. 2 road
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
公里
gōng lǐ
  1. 1 kilometer
公开
gōng kāi
  1. 1 public
  2. 2 to publish
  3. 3 to make public
外公
wài gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's father
  2. 2 maternal grandfather
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
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
办公室
bàn gōng shì
  1. 1 office
  2. 2 business premises
  3. 3 bureau
  4. 4 CL:間|间[jiān]
道德
dào dé
  1. 1 virtue
  2. 2 morality
  3. 3 ethics
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng]

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)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公之于众
gōng zhī yú zhòng
  1. 1 to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
  2. 2 to let the world know
公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn
  1. 1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
公诸于世
gōng zhū yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
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)
因公殉职
yīn gōng xùn zhí
  1. 1 to die as in the line of duty (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])

Sample Sentences

问题是一些没公德心的人，骑到目的地，车一扔就不管了，反正共享嘛！又不是自己的。
wèntí shì yīxiē méi gōngdéxīn de rén ，qí dào mùdìdì ，chē yī rēng jiù bù guǎn le ，fǎnzhèng gòngxiǎng ma ！yòu bù shì zìjǐ de 。
The problem is really with people with no sense of common decency, who just dump the bike when they reach their destination, because it's shared, right? It's not their own.
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过去几个共享经济成功的例子，像优步、Airbnb最后还不是衍生一堆问题。没有公德心，怎么共享？我看根本是共业！
guòqù jǐ ge gòngxiǎng jīngjì chénggōng de lìzi ，xiàng yōubù 、Airbnb zuìhòu háibùshì yǎnshēng yīduī wèntí 。méiyǒu gōngdéxīn ，zěnme gòngxiǎng ？wǒ kàn gēnběn shì gòngyè ！
Past successful examples of sharing economy initiatives, like Uber and AirBnB, also led to a load of problems in the end too. If you don't have a common sense of decency, then how can you share? In my eyes it's basically collective karma!
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真的好危险，是谁这么没公德心啊。
zhēnde hǎo wēixiǎn ，shì shéi zhème méi gōngdéxīn ā 。
That's so dangerous, who has so little consideration for other people.
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