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得意

dé yì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

得意 (dé yì) means "proud of oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 得意 means

1. proud of oneself
2. pleased with oneself
3. complacent

The characters in 得意

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 凡人皆有得意时。
  Fánrén jiē yǒu déyì shí.
  Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Words starting with 得意

• 得意洋洋dé yì yáng yángjoyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly
• 得意忘形dé yì wàng xíngso pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy
• 得意门生dé yì mén shēngfavorite pupil
• 得意扬扬dé yì yáng yángvariant of 得意洋洋

Words containing 得意

• 洋洋得意yáng yáng dé yìimmensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
• 春风得意chūn fēng dé yìflushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc)…
• 自鸣得意zì míng dé yìto think highly of oneself
• 志得意满zhì dé yì mǎnfully content with one's achievements (idiom); complacent

Sounds the same

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

• 得益to derive benefit

Where 得意 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Evaluation & feedback (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dé yì correctly.
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