帝都
dì dū
Pinyin

Definition

帝都
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dì dū
  1. imperial capital

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

都
Dū
  1. 1 surname Du
上帝
Shàng dì
  1. 1 God
成都
Chéng dū
  1. 1 Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
都市
dū shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 metropolis
三皇五帝
sān huáng wǔ dì
  1. 1 three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wǔ dì] of myth and legend
  2. 2 the earliest system of Chinese historiography
五帝
wǔ dì
  1. 1 Five Emperors from legendary times
  2. 2 possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
  3. 3 usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huáng dì] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuān Xū], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Dì Kù], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Táng Yáo], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yú Shùn]
京都
Jīng dū
  1. 1 Kyoto, Japan
京都府
Jīng dū fǔ
  1. 1 Kyōto prefecture in central Japan
光绪帝
Guāng xù dì
  1. 1 Guangxu Emperor
全都
quán dōu
  1. 1 all
  2. 2 without exception
加德满都
Jiā dé mǎn dū
  1. 1 Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
反帝
fǎn dì
  1. 1 anti-imperialist
  2. 2 anti-imperialists
古都
gǔ dū
  1. 1 ancient capital
商都
Shāng dū
  1. 1 Shangdu county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
国都
guó dū
  1. 1 national capital
土皇帝
tǔ huáng dì
  1. 1 local tyrant
尧都区
Yáo dū qū
  1. 1 Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市[Lín fén shì], Shanxi
大帝
dà dì
  1. 1 heavenly emperor
  2. 2 "the Great" (title)
大都
Dà dū
  1. 1 Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
大都市
dà dū shì
  1. 1 metropolis
  2. 2 large city
  3. 3 megacity

Idioms (8)

吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
  1. 1 lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
  1. 1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
  1. 1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 intemperate
脸都绿了
liǎn dōu lu:4 le
  1. 1 green in the face (idiom)
  2. 2 to look unwell
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
  1. 1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to arrive late
  3. 3 to take one's sweet time

Sample Sentences

杭州占尽天时地利，自古就是不少朝代的帝都，历史文化积淀下来的那份大器再加上杭州本身的山明水秀就形成了它独特的气质。
Hángzhōu zhànjìn tiānshí dìlì ，zì gǔ jiùshì bùshǎo cháodài de dìdū ，lìshǐ wénhuà jīdiàn xiàlai de nàfèn dàqì zài jiāshang Hángzhōu běnshēn de shānmíngshuǐxiù jiù xíngchéng le tā dútè de qìzhì 。
Hangzhou has a great strategic location and has served as the imperial capital of several historical dynasties, as well as historical relics and the enchanting scenery of Hangzhou itself, which form its unique features.
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