得
意

Proud of oneself in Chinese: 得意 (dé yì)

dé yì

proud of oneself

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1proud of oneself
  2. 2pleased with oneself
  3. 3complacent

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得
意

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ㄉㄜˊ

dé

ㄉ/ dㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 凡人皆有得意时。

    fán rén jiē yǒu dé yì shí。

    Every dog has his day.

  • 最后笑的人，才是笑得最得意的人。

    zuì hòu xiào de rén， cái shì xiào dé zuì dé yì de rén。

    He laughs best who laughs last.

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Related words

得

dé

to obtain

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

意思

yì si

idea

记得

jì de

to remember

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

同意

tóng yì

to agree

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

注意

zhù yì

to take note of

故意

gù yì

deliberately

获得

huò dé

to obtain

意见

yì jiàn

idea

值得

zhí de

to be worth

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