dé 
		to obtain
to get
to gain
to catch (a disease)
proper
suitable
proud
contented
to allow
to permit
ready
finished
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			de 
		structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			děi 
		to have to
must
ought to
to need to
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			qǔ dé 
		to acquire
to get
to obtain
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé dào 
		to get
to obtain
to receive
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù dé 
		must not
may not
not to be allowed
cannot
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huò dé 
		to obtain
to receive
to get
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù dé bù 
		have no choice or option but to
cannot but
have to
can't help it
can't avoid
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǐ de 
		usable
workable
feasible
doable
to make
to cause
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn dé 
		what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)
knowledge
insight
understanding
tips
CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé zhī 
		to find out
to know
to learn about
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiǎn de 
		to seem
to look
to appear
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé yì 
		proud of oneself
pleased with oneself
complacent
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé tiān dú hòu 
		blessed by heaven (idiom)
enjoying exceptional advantages
favored by nature
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé yǐ 
		able to
so that sb can
enabling
in order to
finally in a position to
with sth in view
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì dé qí fǎn 
		to produce the opposite of the desired result
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé shī 
		gains and losses
success and failure
merits and demerits
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé xīn yìng shǒu 
		lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job
entirely in one's element
going smoothly and easily
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé le 
		all right!
that's enough!
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zì dé 
		contented
pleased with one's position
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yī jǔ liǎng dé 
		one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé lì 
		able
capable
competent
efficient
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé tǐ 
		appropriate to the occasion
fitting
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dǒng de 
		to understand
to know
to comprehend
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé bìng 
		to fall ill
to contract a disease
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			luò de 
		ending up as
leading to
resulting in
in total
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé zhǔ 
		recipient (of an award)
winner (in a competition)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pò bù dé yǐ 
		to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances
forced into sth
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé bù cháng shī 
		the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù dé yǐ 
		to act against one's will
to have no alternative but to
to have to
to have no choice
must
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé chěng 
		to prevail
to have one's way
to get away with it
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			suǒ dé 
		what one acquires
one's gains
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rú yú dé shuǐ 
		like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jì dé 
		vested in
already obtained
vesting
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shèng Bǐ dé bǎo 
		Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dé shèng 
		to triumph over an opponent