德行
dé xíng
Pinyin

Definition

德行
 - 
dé xíng
  1. morality and conduct
  2. Taiwan pr. [dé xìng]
德行
 - 
dé xing
  1. variant of 德性[dé xing]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

德克萨斯
Dé kè sà sī
  1. 1 Texas
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
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
旅行
lu:3 xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 CL:趟[tàng],次[cì],個|个[gè]
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
行动
xíng dòng
  1. 1 operation
  2. 2 action
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to move about
  5. 5 mobile
行李
xíng li
  1. 1 luggage
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
行为
xíng wéi
  1. 1 action
  2. 2 conduct
  3. 3 behavior
  4. 4 activity
行走
xíng zǒu
  1. 1 to walk
进行
jìn xíng
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to conduct
  3. 3 underway
  4. 4 in progress
  5. 5 to do
  6. 6 to carry out
  7. 7 to carry on
  8. 8 to execute
银行
yín háng
  1. 1 bank
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
一行
yī xíng
  1. 1 party
  2. 2 delegation
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
上行
shàng xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to go against the current
  3. 3 to submit (a document) to higher authorities
下行
xià xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to travel downstream
  3. 3 to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels
  4. 4 (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
中行
Zhōng háng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhōng guó Yín háng]
人行道
rén xíng dào
  1. 1 sidewalk
例行
lì xíng
  1. 1 routine (task, procedure etc)
  2. 2 as usual
修行
xiū xíng
  1. 1 to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. 2 to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (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
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
  2. 2 to ensure strictly obedience
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)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
功完行满
gōng wán xíng mǎn
  1. 1 to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

哈哈，你家那位那德行你最清楚，嘴上都不会给人占便宜的，还能给我好处？我这不是担心你嘛，好汉不吃眼前亏。
hāhā ，nǐjiānà wèi nà déxing nǐ zuì qīngchǔ ，zuǐshàng dōu bù huì gěi rén zhàn piányi de ，hái néng gěi wǒ hǎochu ？wǒ zhè bùshì dānxīn nǐ ma ，hǎohàn bù chī yǎnqián kuī 。
Ha ha, you know the best what your fella is like. He doesn't let anyone get the better of him in an argument, so what benefit would I get from him. Sure, I'm just worried about you, you know? A man has to pick his battles.
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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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不一样。纪念碑是近代才有的，一般用来纪念战争胜利，革命先烈啊什么的。牌坊是古代就有的，在古代一般要得到皇帝的恩赐才可以建牌坊。比如皇帝认为你是一个很有德行的人，或者你曾经立过大功，就可能赐给你一座功德牌坊，以表彰和宣扬你的功德。
bù yīyàng 。jìniànbēi shì jìndài cái yǒu de ，yībān yònglái jìniàn zhànzhēng shènglì ，gémìng xiānliè a shénme de 。páifāng shì gǔdài jiù yǒu de ，zài gǔdài yībān yào dédào huángdì de ēncì cái kěyǐ jiàn páifāng 。bǐrú huángdì rènwéi nǐ shì yī gè hěn yǒu déxíng de rén ，huò zhě nǐ céngjīng lì guo dàgōng ，jiù kěnéng cìgěi nǐ yī zuò gōngdé páifāng ，yǐ biǎozhāng hé xuānyáng nǐ de gōngdé 。
They're not the same. Commemorative monuments are more recent and typically commemorate war victories, revolutionary martyrs and such. Commemorative arches are from ancient times and normally required the emperor's blessing before they could be built. For example, if the emperor thought you to be a very virtuous person or you performed some outstanding service, the emperor could potentially gift you an arch to reward and honor you.
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多说也没用。就那德行。
duō shuō yě méiyòng 。jiù nà déxing 。
There's no point in talking to them. They're just that way.
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