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对得起

duì de qǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 對得起

对得起 (duì de qǐ) means "not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 对得起 means

1. not to let sb down
2. to treat sb fairly
3. be worthy of

The characters in 对得起

• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

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