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德先生

Dé xiān sheng

3-character word

What 德先生 means

1. "Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement {五四运动|Wǔ sì Yùn dòng}
2. abbr. for {德谟克拉西|dé mó kè lā xī}
3. see also {赛先生|Sài xiān sheng}

The characters in 德先生

• 德dévirtue; goodness; morality
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 伍德先生没有儿子。
  Mr Wood had no sons.
• 哈罗德先生是一个很好的英国绅士。
  Hāluó Déxiānsheng shì yī gè hěn hǎo de Yīngguó shēnshì.
  Sir Harold is a fine English gentleman.