得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得罪
dézuì
to offend; to incur the displeasure of
Characters in this word
罪 zuì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 非 not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在等级森严的机构里，年轻职员常因一句直话就得罪上级。 Zài děngjí sēnyán de jīgòu lǐ, niánqīng zhíyuán cháng yīn yí jù zhíhuà jiù dézuì shàngjí. In a rigidly hierarchical institution, young employees often offend superiors with a single frank remark.
- 他说话太直，不小心得罪了朋友。 Tā shuōhuà tài zhí, bù xiǎoxīn dézuì le péngyou. He speaks too bluntly and accidentally offended a friend.
- 做生意要和气，千万别得罪客人。 Zuò shēngyi yào héqi, qiānwàn bié dézuì kèrén. In business you should be courteous and never offend customers.
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