但丁
Dàn dīng
Pinyin

Definition

但丁
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Dàn dīng
  1. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

但
dàn
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 yet
  3. 3 however
  4. 4 only
  5. 5 merely
  6. 6 still
但是
dàn shì
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 however
丁
Dīng
  1. 1 surname Ding
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
但愿
dàn yuàn
  1. 1 if only (sth were possible)
  2. 2 I wish (that)
布丁
bù dīng
  1. 1 pudding (loanword)
一丁点
yī dīng diǎn
  1. 1 a tiny bit
  2. 2 a wee bit
丁丁
Dīng dīng
  1. 1 Tintin, cartoon character
丁丑
dīng chǒu
  1. 1 fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
丁二烯
dīng èr xī
  1. 1 butadiene C4H6
  2. 2 biethylene
丁亥
dīng hài
  1. 1 twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
丁克
dīng kè
  1. 1 Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
丁冬
dīng dōng
  1. 1 (onom.) ding dong
  2. 2 jingling of bells
  3. 3 clanking sound
丁卯
dīng mǎo
  1. 1 fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
丁基
Dīng Jī
  1. 1 Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution
丁字
dīng zì
  1. 1 T-shaped
丁字裤
dīng zì kù
  1. 1 thong (underwear)
丁宁
dīng níng
  1. 1 variant of 叮嚀|叮咛[dīng níng]
丁巳
dīng sì
  1. 1 fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
丁未
dīng wèi
  1. 1 forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027

Idioms (6)

不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不知丁董
bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
  1. 1 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
  2. 2 unheeding the lessons of the past
付之丙丁
fù zhī bǐng dīng
  1. 1 to burn down (idiom)
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
  1. 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
目不识丁
mù bù shí dīng
  1. 1 lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate

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