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得体

dé tǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 得體

得体 (dé tǐ) means "appropriate to the occasion; fitting". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 得体 means

1. appropriate to the occasion
2. fitting

The characters in 得体

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 体tǐbody; form; style

Example sentences

• 表现得体一点。
  Start behaving appropriately.

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