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得梅因

Dé méi yīn

3-character word

What 得梅因 means

1. Des Moines, capital of Iowa

The characters in 得梅因

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 因yīncause; reason; because

Example sentences

• 我从来不是最有可能获得这一职务的候选人。我们刚开始并没有太多资金，也没有得到许多人的支持。我们的竞选活动并非始自华盛顿的大厅里，而是始于得梅因、康科德、查尔斯顿这些地方的普通民众家中。那些辛勤工作的人们从自己微薄的储蓄中捐出5美元、10美元、20美元。
  Wǒ cóngláibù shì zuì yǒukěnéng huòdé zhè yī zhíwù de hòuxuǎnrén. wǒmen gāng kāishǐ bìng méiyǒu tài duō zījīn, yě méiyǒu dédào xǔduō rén de zhīchí. wǒmen de jìngxuǎnhuódòng bìngfēi shǐ zì Huáshèngdùn de dàtīng lǐ, érshì shǐ yú Dé Méiyīn, Kāngkēdé, Chá'ěrsīdùn zhèxiē dìfang de pǔtōngmínzhòng jiā zhōng. nàxiē xīnqín gōngzuò de rénmen cóng zìjǐ wēibó de chǔxù zhōng juān chū 5 Měiyuán,10 Měiyuán,20 Měiyuán.
  I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines, and the living rooms of Concord, and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

Sounds the same

Read Dé méi yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 德梅因(Hong Kong) Des Moines, capital of Iowa