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得当

dé dàng

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

得当 (dé dàng) means "appropriate; suitable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 得当 means

1. appropriate
2. suitable

The characters in 得当

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

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