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得到

dé dào

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

得到 (dé dào) means "to get, to obtain (help, a chance)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 得到 means

1. to get; to obtain; to receive

The characters in 得到

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)

Example sentences

• 我听得到。
  I can hear you.
• 他怕得到肺癌。
  He is afraid of getting lung cancer.
• 我感觉得到它。
  I can feel it.
• 我们做得到吗？
  Can we make it?
• 我还做得到吗？
  Will I still do it?
• 她会得到自由。
  She'll be freed.

Sounds the same

Read dé dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 得道to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal

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