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必定

bìdìng

certainly; inevitably

A person looks at a dark cloud and opens an umbrella
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Characters in this word

必 bì

Strokes
5
Radical
心 — heart

定 dìng

Strokes
8
Radical
宀 — roof
Made of
宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 如果企业继续忽视安全标准,事故必定还会重演。 Rúguǒ qǐyè jìxù hūshì ānquán biāozhǔn, shìgù bìdìng hái huì chóngyǎn. If the company continues to ignore safety standards, accidents will certainly happen again.
  • 你这么努力,必定会成功的。 Nǐ zhème nǔlì, bìdìng huì chénggōng de. You work so hard, so you will surely succeed.
  • 天这么黑,一会儿必定要下雨。 Tiān zhème hēi, yíhuìr bìdìng yào xià yǔ. The sky is so dark that it is bound to rain soon.

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