当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当之无愧
dāngzhīwúkuì
fully deserving; worthy of the title
Characters in this word
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
愧 kuì
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 鬼 ghost
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 凭借二十年的田野调查，她被誉为该领域当之无愧的权威。 Píngjiè èrshí nián de tiányě diàochá, tā bèi yùwéi gāi lǐngyù dāngzhīwúkuì de quánwēi. With twenty years of fieldwork behind her, she is regarded as the undisputed authority in the field.
- 他拿冠军当之无愧，整场比赛都踢得很好。 Tā ná guànjūn dāngzhīwúkuì, zhěng chǎng bǐsài dōu tī de hěn hǎo. He fully deserves the championship; he played well throughout the match.
- 这位老师被评为优秀教师，真是当之无愧。 Zhè wèi lǎoshī bèi píngwéi yōuxiù jiàoshī, zhēn shì dāngzhīwúkuì. This teacher was named an outstanding teacher, and truly deserved it.
Related words
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 当初 dāngchū at first; back then
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 不敢当 bùgǎndāng I do not deserve it (modest reply)
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then