de
Pinyin

Definition

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de
  1. of
  2. ~'s (possessive particle)
  3. (used after an attribute)
  4. (used to form a nominal expression)
  5. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
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  1. aim
  2. clear
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  1. really and truly
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  1. see 的士[dī shì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

de
  1. 1 of
  2. 2 ~'s (possessive particle)
  3. 3 (used after an attribute)
  4. 4 (used to form a nominal expression)
  5. 5 (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
Yà dì sī Yà bèi bā
  1. 1 Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
tā niáng de
  1. 1 same as 他媽的|他妈的[tā mā de]
shì de
  1. 1 seems as if
  2. 2 rather like
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [sì de]
jiǎ de
  1. 1 bogus
  2. 2 ersatz
  3. 3 fake
  4. 4 mock
  5. 5 phoney
bié de
  1. 1 else
  2. 2 other
miāo de
  1. 1 drat
  2. 2 frick
  3. 3 (euphemistic variant of 媽的|妈的[mā de])
nu:3 de
  1. 1 woman
hǎo yàng de
  1. 1 (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
mā de
  1. 1 see 他媽的|他妈的[tā mā de]
xiǎo de
  1. 1 I (when talking to a superior)
Bā ěr dì mó
  1. 1 Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
dǎ dī
  1. 1 (coll.) to take a taxi
  2. 2 to go by taxi
mó dī
  1. 1 motorcycle taxi
  2. 2 abbr. for 摩托車的士|摩托车的士[mó tuō chē dī shì]
yǒu de
  1. 1 (there are) some (who are...)
  2. 2 some (exist)
yǒu de shí hòu
  1. 1 sometimes
  2. 2 at times
biāo dì
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 aim
  3. 3 objective
  4. 4 what one hopes to gain
Bō luó dì Hǎi
  1. 1 Baltic Sea

Idioms (20)

一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
  1. 1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
好样的
hǎo yàng de
  1. 1 (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to move a stone and stub one's toe
  2. 2 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
撑死胆大的,饿死胆小的
chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de
  1. 1 fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
没有不透风的墙
méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng
  1. 1 (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
无的放矢
wú dì fàng shǐ
  1. 1 to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking
  2. 2 firing blindly
  3. 3 to shoot in the air
  4. 4 a shot in the dark
瘦死的骆驼比马大
shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
  1. 1 lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. 3 a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people

Sample Sentences

王总,这份合同草案请您过目,看看有哪里需要修改的。
Wángzǒng ,zhè fèn hétong cǎoàn qǐng nín guòmù ,kànkan yǒu nǎlǐ xūyào xiūgǎi de 。
Mr. Wang, please take a look at the contract draft, to see if there is anything needs to be revised.
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生产有一定的标准流程,赶货的话,我们很难为质量把关啊。
shēngchǎn yǒu yīdìng de biāozhǔn liúchéng ,gǎn huò dehuà ,wǒmen hěn nán wèi zhìliàng bǎguān a 。
The production has a standard process, it will be hard to make sure the quality if we do it in a hurry.
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坦白说,你们的商品质量太低了,我不想和你们一起合作。
tǎnbáishuō ,nǐmen de shāngpǐn zhìliàng tài dī le ,wǒ bùxiǎng hé nǐmen yīqǐ hézuò 。
Frankly speaking, your products are not up to standards. I wouldn’t like to cooperate with you.
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坦白说,我有不同的看法。
tǎnbáishuō ,wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
Frankly speaking, I share a different opinion.
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你的计划好是好,就是需要的人力很多
nǐ de jìhuà hǎo shì hǎo ,jiùshì xūyào de rénlì hěn duō
Your project is great, except that it will require a lot of manpower.
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我了解你的意思,但是我不太认同。
wǒ liǎojiě nǐ de yìsi ,dànshì wǒ bù tài rèntóng 。
I understand what you mean, but I don’t really agree.
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好是好,但是我有不同的看法。
hǎo shì hǎo ,dànshì wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
This is a great idea, but I have a different opinion.
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我先生今儿出门儿的时候,说要和大学同学聚餐,我总觉得不对劲儿,一定有事儿,就打电话问了一个熟人,他就露馅儿了,我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr5 chūméner de shíhou ,shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ,wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr5 ,yīdìng yǒu shìr5 ,jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ,tā jiù lòuxiànr5 le ,wǒ yàgēnr5 méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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媳妇儿啊,看看我们的小宝贝儿,这脸蛋儿多可爱!但他自个儿在这儿玩儿,好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子,给他做个伴儿吧!
xífur a ,kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir5 ,zhè liǎndànr5 duō kěài !dàn tā zìgěr5 zài zhèr5 wánr5 ,hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr5 gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ,gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba !
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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现在很多学生,上课的时候不是在打盹儿,就是在和哥们儿聊天儿,没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了,很不是滋味儿。
xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ,shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr5 ,jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr5 ,méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr5 de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ,hěn búshi zīwèier 。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
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