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得志

dé zhì

2-character word Traditional 得誌

What 得志 means

1. to accomplish one's ambition
2. a dream come true
3. to enjoy success

The characters in 得志

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will

Words containing 得志

• 小人得志xiǎo rén dé zhìlit. a vile character flourishes (idiom); fig. an inferior person gets into a position of…
• 郁郁不得志yù yù bù dé zhìsoured by the loss of one's hopes

Sounds the same

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

• 德治rule by virtue; rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)