得体
dé tǐ
Pinyin

Definition

得体
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dé tǐ
  1. appropriate to the occasion
  2. fitting

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
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
不得不
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
不得了
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
使得
shǐ de
  1. 1 usable
  2. 2 workable
  3. 3 feasible
  4. 4 doable
  5. 5 to make
  6. 6 to cause
值得
zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
取得
qǔ dé
  1. 1 to acquire
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to obtain
得分
dé fēn
  1. 1 to score
得失
dé shī
  1. 1 gains and losses
  2. 2 success and failure
  3. 3 merits and demerits
得意
dé yì
  1. 1 proud of oneself
  2. 2 pleased with oneself
  3. 3 complacent
得瑟
dè se
  1. 1 (dialect) to be cocky
  2. 2 smug
  3. 3 to show off
得知
dé zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to learn about
得罪
dé zuì
  1. 1 to commit an offense
  2. 2 to violate the law
  3. 3 excuse me! (formal)
  4. 4 see also 得罪[dé zui]
心得
xīn dé
  1. 1 what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)
  2. 2 knowledge
  3. 3 insight
  4. 4 understanding
  5. 5 tips
  6. 6 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
怪不得
guài bu de
  1. 1 no wonder!
  2. 2 so that's why!
懂得
dǒng de
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to comprehend
舍得
shě de
  1. 1 to be willing to part with sth
晓得
xiǎo de
  1. 1 to know

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.
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
  1. 1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
  1. 1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
失而复得
shī ér fù dé
  1. 1 to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
如鱼得水
rú yú dé shuǐ
  1. 1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
安闲自得
ān xián zì dé
  1. 1 feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
得不偿失
dé bù cháng shī
  1. 1 the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
得天独厚
dé tiān dú hòu
  1. 1 blessed by heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 enjoying exceptional advantages
  3. 3 favored by nature

Sample Sentences

这种尊严同时体现在对公司销售人员的要求上，销售人员必须举止得体、彬彬有礼，正如波尔顿著名的训练员工的备忘录里所说：既不要像收税官那样不苟言笑，也不能像算命先生一样油腔滑调……
zhèzhǒng zūnyán tóngshí tǐxiàn zài duì gōngsī xiāoshòu rényuán de yāoqiú shàng ，xiāoshòu rényuán bìxū jǔzhǐ détǐ 、bīnbīnyǒulǐ ，zhèngrú bōěrdùn zhùmíng de xùnliàn yuángōng de bèiwànglù lǐ suǒshuō ：jì bùyào xiàng shōushuìguān nàyàng bùgǒuyánxiào ，yě bùnéng xiàng suànmìngxiānsheng yīyàng yóuqiānghuádiào ……
This dignity is also reflected in the demands on the company’s sales staff. Each salesperson must behave well and be polite, as Bolton’s famous staff training memo says: “Don’t be as frightful as the tax collector, or as slippery as a fortune-teller."
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首先，我们来看一下外交辞令的概念，在我国，外交辞令指的既是适合于外交场合的话语，也借指客气、得体而无实际内容的话。
shǒuxiān ，wǒmen láikàn yīxià wàijiāo cílìng de gàiniàn ，zài wǒguó ，wàijiāo cílìng zhǐ de jì shì shìhé yú wàijiāo chǎnghé de huàyǔ ，yě jièzhǐ kèqi 、détǐ ér wú shíjì nèiróng de huà 。
First of all, let's look at the concept of diplomatic rhetoric. In China, diplomatic rhetoric indicates the speech suitable for use in diplomatic occasions, as well as being used to indicate speech that is polite, fitting to the occasion if impractical in content.
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