得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得天独厚
détiāndúhòu
exceptionally favourable; richly endowed by nature
Characters in this word
独 dú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 虫 insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
厚 hòu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这座港口拥有得天独厚的地理位置，天然适合发展转口贸易。 Zhè zuò gǎngkǒu yǒngyǒu détiāndúhòu de dìlǐ wèizhì, tiānrán shìhé fāzhǎn zhuǎnkǒu màoyì. This port has an exceptionally favourable geographical position and is naturally suited to entrepôt trade.
- 这里气候温暖，土地肥沃，条件得天独厚。 Zhèlǐ qìhòu wēnnuǎn, tǔdì féiwò, tiáojiàn détiāndúhòu. The climate is warm and the soil fertile, so conditions here are exceptionally favourable.
- 他生在音乐家庭，学琴的条件得天独厚。 Tā shēng zài yīnyuè jiātíng, xué qín de tiáojiàn détiāndúhòu. Born into a musical family, he has exceptionally favourable conditions for learning an instrument.
Related words
- 得到 dédào to get, to obtain
- 记得 jìde to remember
- 觉得 juéde to think, to feel
- 得 dé to get; to receive
- 得出 déchū to reach a conclusion
- 得 de so; to the extent (after a verb)
- 懂得 dǒngde to understand; to know about
- 取得 qǔdé to achieve; to obtain
- 不得不 bùdébù to have to
- 得分 défēn to score points
- 认得 rènde to recognize
- 显得 xiǎnde to seem; to look