Dé
Germany
German
abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
dé
virtue
goodness
morality
ethics
kindness
favor
character
kind
dào dé
virtue
morality
ethics
CL:種|种[zhong3]
Zhū Dé
Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
gōng dé
public ethics
social morality
Sī dé gē ěr mó
Stockholm, capital of Sweden
Dé jiāng
Dejiang county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
Dé qīng
Deqing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
dé xíng
morality and conduct
Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4]
Péng Dé huái
Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
Zhèng Dé
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhù Hòu zhào] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, Temple name 明武宗[Míng Wǔ zōng]
Dé yì zhì
German (phonetic rendition of "Deutsch")
Germany
Dé lǐ
Delhi
New Delhi, capital of India
same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3]
dé gāo wàng zhòng
a person of virtue and prestige
a person of good moral standing and reputation
Liú Dé huá
Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
Chéng dé
Chengde prefecture level city in Hebei
also Chengde county
Kěn dé jī
KFC
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Jǐng dé zhèn
Jingdezhen prefecture level city in Jiangxi province 江西, famous for porcelain
Níng dé
Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian
Cháng dé
Changde prefecture level city in Hunan
Mǎ dé lǐ
variant of 馬德里|马德里[Ma3 de2 li3], Madrid
quē dé
to be lacking in moral sense
to lack common basic respect for others
lacking in virtue
mischievous
wicked
cruel
mean
Dé zhōu
Dezhou prefecture level city in Shandong
abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州, Texas
Dé yáng
Deyang prefecture level city in Sichuan
Shùn dé
Shunde district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong
Wéi dé
Wade (name)
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪|威妥玛[Wei1 Tuo3 ma3]
Shùn dé qū
Shunde district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong
Mài dé lóng
Metro supermarket chain (originally German)
Dé yáng shì
Deyang prefecture level city in Sichuan
Shī Míng dé
Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
Méi dé wéi jié fū
Medvedyev (name)
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, President of Russian Federation from 2008
dé cái jiān bèi
having both integrity and talent (idiom)
Níng dé shì
Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian
jī dé
to accumulate merit
to do good
to give to charity
virtuous actions
dào dé sù zhì
moral quality (in ideological education)
Fú luò yī dé
Floyd (name)
Freud (name)
Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the inventor of psychoanalysis
Xīn Dé lǐ
New Delhi, capital of India
Nèi jiǎ dé
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, President of Iran from 2005, famous for provocative speeches
abbr. for 艾哈邁迪內賈德|艾哈迈迪内贾德
Chéng dé shì
Chengde prefecture level city in Hebei
Fèi dé lè
Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star
dé cái
ethics and ability
virtuous and talented
dé xing
(coll.) revolting behavior
CL:副[fu4]
Jǐng dé zhèn shì
Jingdezhen prefecture level city in Jiangxi province 江西, famous for porcelain
Rén dé
Jente township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
Xī dé
West Germany
German Federal Republic 德意志·聯邦·共和國|德意志·联邦·共和国[Dé yì zhì · Lián bāng · Gòng hé gúo]
Dé gé
Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
dé zhì tǐ měi
the aims of education: morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetic sense
Míng dé
highest virtue
illustrious virtue
Middlebury (College)
Huáng jiā Mǎ dé lǐ
Real Madrid (soccer team)
Léi dé
Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing since 2001
rén dé
benevolent integrity
high mindedness
Lù dé
Luther (name)
Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
Dé hóng
Dehong prefecture in Yunnan (Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture)
Tóng dé
Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Dào dé jīng
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
Kāng dé
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher
Cháng dé shì
Changde prefecture level city in Hunan
Jiàn dé
Jiande county level city in Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1], Zhejiang
Bā dé
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
Dé xīng
Dexing county level city in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
Yīng Dé
Anglo-German
England and Germany
Dé zhōu shì
Dezhou prefecture level city in Shandong
Dé ān
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Dé chuān
Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850
Gē dé
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and dramatist
Dé huà
Dehua county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian
Quán jù dé
Quanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)
Guǎng dé
Guangde county in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui
Yà lǐ shì duō dé
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
Mù hǎn mò dé
Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
Dé huì
Dehui county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
Dé chāng
Dechang county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Màn dé lā
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999
Shī luó dé
Schröder (name)
Gerhard Schröder (1944-), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998-2005
Hè dé
Hart or Herd (name)
Robert Hart (1835-1911), Englishman who served 1863-1911 in Qing dynasty customs office
Dé qìng
Deqing county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
Jiàn dé shì
Jiande county level city in Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1], Zhejiang
Nī kě · Jī dé màn
Nicole Kidman (1967-), film actress
gōng dé wú liàng
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
Dé bǎo
Debao county in Baise 百色[Bai3 se4], Guangxi
Xuān dé
Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, Temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
Lóng dé
Longde county in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia
Dé qīng xiàn
Deqing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
Ā dé lái dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Duō tè méng dé
Dortmund city in the Ruhr 魯爾區|鲁尔区, Germany
Dé hóng zhōu
abbr. for 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma)
dé zhì
rule by virtue
rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
Páng Dé
Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽
Pound (name)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
Bō dé
Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer
Bā dé shì
Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
Lián bāng Dé guó
German Federation
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Germany
Suí dé
Suide County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi
Zhēn dé
Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan
luò dé
(Winston) Lord (former assistant Secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs)
Bǎo dé
Baode county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
Xǐ dé
Xide county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Dōng dé
East Germany (1945-1990)
German democratic republic 德意志·民主·共和國|德意志·民主·共和国[Dé yì zhì · mín zhǔ · gòng hé gúo]
À jī mǐ dé
Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
Dé huà xiàn
Dehua county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian
shèng dé
splendid virtue
majestic moral character
great kindness
Lǐ Dé
Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
zhì dé
splendid virtue
majestic moral character
great kindness
Dé guó zhī shēng
Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
Gē dé bǎo
Gothenburg (city in Sweden)
dào dé lún sàng
moral bankruptcy
moral degeneracy
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé
Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
Yǒng dé
Yongde county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[Lin2 cang1], Yunnan
Āi dé méng dùn
Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
Bèi ěr gé lái dé
Belgrade, capital of Serbia
Wǎ ěr dé
Vardø (city in Finnmark, Norway)
gōng gòng dào dé
public morality
social ethics
Dé bān
Durban (city in South Africa)
Dé chéng qū
Decheng district of Dezhou city 德州市[De2 zhou1 shi4], Shandong
hā luó dé
Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)
Harrods (department store etc)
dào dé bài huài
vice
immorality
moral turpitude
Guì dé
Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Jiā dé mǎn dū
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
Dé dū
Dejun, former county, merged into Wudalianchi 五大連池|五大连池[Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2] in Heihe, Heilongjiang
Chéng dé xiàn
Chengde county in Chengde 承德[Cheng2 de2], Hebei
Dé qīn
Dechen county in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Jīng dé
Jingde county in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui
Dé lèi sī dùn
Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sa4 ke4 sen1 zhou1], Germany
Dé chéng
Decheng district of Dezhou city 德州市[De2 zhou1 shi4], Shandong
Dé rén
Naruhito (1960-), crown prince of Japan
Mèng dé sī jiū
Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
Bā sī dé
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist
gōng dé yuán mǎn
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
Rén dé xiāng
Jente township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
Dé guó zhàn chē
Rammstein (German metal band)
Dé zhōu dì qū
Dezhou prefecture in Shandong
Guǎng dé xiàn
Guangde county in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
rén yì dào dé
compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
Dé hóng Dǎi zú Jǐng pō zú zì zhì zhōu
Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan, surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma), capital Luxi 潞西市
Dé xīng shì
Dexing county level city in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
Dé huì shì
Dehui county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
Shèng nǚ Zhēn dé
Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan
Dé lìng hā
Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
sì dé
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends
the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
Gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng
the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
bào dé
to repay debts of gratitude
to repay kindness
sān cóng sì dé
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
láo āi dé
Lloyds (London-base insurance group)
Dé gǔ lā
Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker
Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
À dé léi dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
Dé qìng xiàn
Deqing county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
Dé yì zhì · Lián bāng · Gòng hé guó
Federal Republic of Germany
former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany
Cháng dé dì qū
Changde prefecture in Hunan
Suí dé xiàn
Suide county in Yúlín 榆林[Yú lín], Shǎnxī
Gān dé
Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
Ài hā mài dí nèi jiǎ dé
Ahmadinejad or Ahmadinezhad (Persian name)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, President of Iran from 2005, famous for provocative speeches
Dé ān xiàn
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Huà dé
Huade county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
Lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé
Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense
Màn dé lè
Mandalay, province and second city of Myanmar (Burma)
Bǎo dé xiàn
Baode county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
Fó luò yī dé
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), psychoanalyst
Jīng dé xiàn
Jingde county in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui
Yóu dé
Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986
Dé wò xià kè
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony
Ōu jǐ lǐ dé
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
liǎng Dé
two Germanies
refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
Dé jiāng xiàn
Dejiang county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
quē dé shì
misdeed
immoral action
wicked deed
a deliberate wrongdoing
Dé bǎo xiàn
Debao county in Baise 百色[Bai3 se4], Guangxi
Hēng dé ěr
Handel (name)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born Baroque composer, naturalized British in 1727
Fǎ hè dé
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
Chén nà dé
(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II
dào dé rèn shi
moral cognition
ethical awareness
Lóng dé xiàn
Longde county in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia
Dé lìng hā shì
Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Ài dé huá wáng zǐ dǎo
Prince Edward island, a province of Canada
Táng Dé zōng
Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[Li3 Kuo4], reigned 779-805
Ā nuò dé · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
Méi sài dé sī Bēn chí
Mercedes Benz
abbr. to 奔馳|奔驰[Ben1 chi2]
fó lán dé
of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture
Lái dé bēi
the Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)
Dé qīn xiàn
Dechen county in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Dōng Xī dé
East and West Germany
refers to German democratic republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
Duī lóng dé qìng
Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
Mén xīng gé lā dé bā hè
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
Níng dé dì qū
Ningde prefecture in Fujian
Sà dé ěr
Sadr (name)
Moqtada Sadr (c. 1973-), Iraqi Shia clergyman and militia leader
Lǐ Dé lín
Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
Dé chāng xiàn
Dechang county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Mò hǎn mò dé
Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
also written 穆罕默德
Bō dé shēn
Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)
Yǒng dé xiàn
Yongde county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[Lin2 cang1], Yunnan
Dé gé xiàn
Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Mǎ dé lā sī
Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4], capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India
Guì dé xiàn
Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Xǐ dé xiàn
Xide county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Shèng dé Tài zǐ
Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
Yī wá · Mén dé sī
Eva Mendes, American actress
Duī lóng dé qìng xiàn
Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
yào dé
to hold up as a virtuous example
Huà dé xiàn
Huade county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
Mài dé lín
Medellín, city in Columbia
Chéng dé dì qū
Chengde prefecture (old name)
now Chengde prefecture level city
Hè ěr màn dé
Helmand (name)
Helmand province of south Afghanistan, capital Lashkar Gah
Fǎ lán dé sī
Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
Mǐ lì bān dé
Milliband (name)
Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010
Bǐ lè fèi ěr dé
Bielefeld (city in Germany)
Āi dé jiā · Sī nuò
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
Bā dé ěr
Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology
Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leader of Red Army Faction, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof group
Kǎ sāng dé lā
Cassandra (name)
Cassandra, daughter of king Priam in Greek mythology
prophet of doom
Dé háng
Lufthansa (German airline)
abbr. for 德國漢莎航空公司|德国汉莎航空公司[De2 guo2 Han4 sha1 Hang2 kong1 Gong1 si1]
kǎn dé lā
candela (unit of luminosity)
standard candle
Bào dé lǐ yà
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
Dé yì zhì · mín zhǔ · gòng hé guó
German democratic republic (former East Germany), 1945-1990
Hā dé xùn Hé
Hudson River, New York State, USA
jiǔ dé
good manners in drinking
drinking as personality test
Tài mǐ ěr Nà dé
Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]
formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦[Ma3 de2 la1 si1 bang1]
Ài dé méng dùn
Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
also written 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Āi dé méng dùn]
Ā fú jiā dé luó
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist, noted for contributions to molecular weight and molarity, the originator of Avogadro's number 阿伏伽德羅數|阿伏伽德罗数
Ā shén hā bā dé
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
Kāng kē dé
Concord (place name)
Concord, capital of US state New Hampshire
Tài mǐ ěr Nà dé bāng
Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]
formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦[Ma3 de2 la1 si1 bang1]
sàng dé
wicked
offending morality
Mǎ dé lā qún dǎo
Madeira
the Madeira islands
Tóng dé xiàn
Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Ā dé lái dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
kěn dé jī zhá jī
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Ān Dé hǎi
An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
Xìn dé shěng
Sindh province of Pakistan
Mǎ sū dé
Massoud (name)
Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader
Sī wéi ěr dé luò fū
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza
dé wéi ěr pān
(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)
Dé lè zī
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher
Nóng Dé mèng
Nong Duc Manh (1940-), general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party from 2001
Kù ěr dé gōng rén dǎng
Kurdish people's party KPP
Bù lā dé · Bǐ tè
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer
Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī
van der Waals
Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist
Chén Dé liáng
Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam
Hán dé ěr
Handel (name)
Georg Frideric Händel (1785-), German composer
Fàn Dé gé lā fū
Van de Graaff (name)
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
Dé bù lè sēn
Debrecen, Hungary's second city, capital of Hajdú-Bihar county 豪伊杜·比豪爾州|豪伊杜·比豪尔州[Hao2 yi1 du4 · Bi4 hao2 er3 zhou1] in east Hungary on the border with Romania
Gān dé xiàn
Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
Suǒ luó yà sī dé
Zoroaster, Zarathustra or Zarathushtra (c. 1200 BC), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism
ài hā mài dá bā dé
Ahmadabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特[Gǔ jí lā tè]
quē dé guǐ
public nuisance
a wicked, mean spirited individual
Āi dé jiā · Ài lún · Pō
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist
Dé léi ěr
Dreyer (name)
June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
Gāo Dé nà
Donald Knuth (1938-), famous American computer scientist at Stanford University
Nà huò dé kǎ
Nakhodka (city in Russia)
nián gāo dé shào
to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)
Dé yì zhì Xué shù Jiāo liú Zhōng xīn
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Dé léi fú sī
Dreyfus (name)
Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
Wǎ dé xī
Waldersee (name)
Alfred Graf Von Waldersee (1832-1904), commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]
Lù dé wéi xī gǎng
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, German city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim
luò kè xī dé
Lockheed (US aerospace company)
Kè lín dé
Klemens Freiherr von Ketteler, German minister killed during the Boxer uprising
Xī mǐ dé lán zī
West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[Bo2 ming2 han4]
wán rén sàng dé
to play with others and offend morals
wicked
Ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù
Avogadro's number
the number of molecules in a mole, about 6.022 x 10^23
Pǔ mì péng · Ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
pǔ mì péng ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
Wèi dé mài
Wedemeyer (name)
Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander
Huǒ dé xīng jūn
spirit of the planet Mars
Féng Dé yīng
Feng Deying (1935-), socialist realist novelist, author of Bitter cauliflower 苦菜花[ku3 cai4 hua1] (1954)
Ān dé lèi
Andrew (Catholic transliteration)
also 安德魯|安德鲁 (Protestant transliteration)
Líng hú Dé fēn
Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书
wéi dé bù zú
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
lack of sticking power
short attention span
Bā ěr kè nèn dé
Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands from 2002
Mù hǎn mò dé liù shì
King Mohammed VI (King of Morocco)
Ēn sī hè dé
Enschede, city in the Netherlands
Fèi lā dé ěr fēi yà
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
abbr. to 費城|费城[Fei4 cheng2]
Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Hǎi dé ěr bǎo
Heidelberg
also written 海德堡
Āi dé · Mǐ lì bān dé
Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010
Dé dū xiàn
Dejun, former county, merged into Wudalianchi 五大連池|五大连池[Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2] in Heihe, Heilongjiang
zǎo shēn yù dé
to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
cleanliness is next to godliness
Kē zé kē dé
old Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India
now called 卡利卡特
Wǔ dé háo sī
Woodhouse or Wodehouse (name)
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Fǎ yē dé
Fayed (name)
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed (1933-), controversial Egyptian-born businessman and philanthropist, owner of Harrods (London) and Fulham football club
Xī mǐ dé lán zī jùn
West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[Bo2 ming2 han4]
dé fǎ nián jiàn
Deutsch-französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)
Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
Dé guó tǒng yī shè huì dǎng
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist unity party of Germany 1949-), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
Bào bó · Wǔ dé wò dé
Bob Woodward (Washington Post journalist)
jī dé lěi gōng
to accumulate merit and virtue
Dé huì dì qū
Dehui county in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
Dé guó xué shù jiāo liú zǒng shǔ
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Taiwanese name)
dé bó néng xiǎn
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
Fàn dé Wǎ ěr sī lì
van der Waals force (valency)
Dé lā mén
Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)
Shèng dé kè xù bèi lǐ
(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Dōng mì dé lán
East Midlands, English county
Táng nà dé · Chuān pǔ
Donald Trump (1946-), American business magnate
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Xuě fēi ěr dé
Sheffield (City in England)
Tài tè sī · Ān dé luò ní kè sī
Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Ā fú jiā dé luó dìng lǜ
Avogadro's law, a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro
dé wū pà
Sher Bahadur Deuba (former prime minister of Nepal)
Dà wèi · Mǐ lì bān dé
David Miliband (1965-), UK politician
Lǔ dé wéi gé
Ludwig (name)
Ludovic (name)
Dé léi fú sī àn jiàn
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
Ào ěr dé ní dǎo
Alderney (Channel Islands)
Ài dé huá dǎo
Prince Edward Island, province of Canada
Dé lè bā kè
Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway)
Ní è lì dé
Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris)
Nereid, moon of Neptune
Shèng Ān dé liè sī duàn céng
San Andreas fault, California
Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ
Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, Secretary-General of UN 1972-1981, President of Austria 1986-1992
Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn
Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator
Táng · Jí hé dé
Don Quixote (hero of novel by Cervantes)
Ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo
Achaemenid empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Ā fú jiā dé luó shù
Avogadro's number
the number of molecules in a mole, about 6.022 x 10^23
Nà dé Ā lǐ
Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Yǎ ēn dé
Yaounde, capital of Cameroon
Wǎ dé sè
Vadsø (city in Finnmark, Norway)
wéi dé bù zhōng
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
lack of sticking power
short attention span
Sāng dé ěr fú dé
Sandefjord (city in Vestfold, Norway)
míng dé zhèn
Middlebury (name of town in Vermont)
Ài dé huá · Dá lā dì
Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
bó dé léi ēn tú shū guǎn
Bodleian Library (Oxford)
Ài dé lěi dé
variant of 阿德萊德|阿德莱德, Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Sà dé ěr shì
Sadr city (Shia township in East Bagdad)
Sà bā dé luó
Zapatero (name)
José Luis Zapatero (1960-), Spanish PSOE politician, prime minister of Spain from 2004
bān jì dé
pancetta (Italian belly)
salted spiced dried pork belly
Ài dé sī wò ěr
Eidsvoll (city in Norway)
yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào
hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
Mù hǎn mò dé · Ōu mǎ
Mullah Mohammad Omar (1959-), Taliban leader, Afghan head of state 1996-2001
Jiǎ jiā wēi dé
Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels)
Sāng dé sī
Sanders (name)
Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont and 2016 Presidential candidate
gē gōng sòng dé
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
Zhèng dé
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, Temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
Tài tè sī · Ān dé luò ní kè sī
Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Luò kè xī dé
Lockheed (US aerospace company)
Hǎi dé gé ěr
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), German philosopher
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Rè bǐ yà · Kǎ dé ěr
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress
Bān chán É ěr dé ní
Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama
abbr. to 班禪|班禅[Ban1 chan2]
Mù hǎn mò dé · Ōu mǎ
Mullah Mohammad Omar (1959-), Taliban leader, Afghan head of state 1996-2001
Sāng tǎn dé
Santander, capital of Spanish autonomous region Cantabria 坎塔布里亞|坎塔布里亚[Kan3 ta3 bu4 li3 ya4]
Dōng Dé
East Germany (1945-1990)
German democratic republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2]
dé mó kè lā xī
democracy (loanword) (old)
Dé lǐ dá
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), philosopher
Ài dé huá · Dá lā dì
Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
Ài dé huá Dǎo
Prince Edward Island, province of Canada
Ài dé huá Wáng zǐ Dǎo
Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)
Míng dé zhèn
Middlebury (name of town in Vermont)
Pǔ mì péng · Ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
Pǔ mì péng Ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
Dé wéi ěr pān
(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)
Ā jī mǐ dé
Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
Ā dé léi dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Ā nuò dé · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Ā hēi mén ní dé Wáng cháo
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
Mǎ dé lā Qún dǎo
Madeira
the Madeira islands
Bào bó · Wǔ dé wò dé
Bob Woodward (Washington Post journalist)
Nóng Dé Mèng
Nong Duc Manh (1940-), general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party 2001-2011
Lù dé què méi
(bird species of China) Ludlow's fulvetta (Fulvetta ludlowi)
Sài dé nà
Sedna, small body in the outer reaches of the solar system
Nà lán Xìng dé
Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
Suí dé Xiàn
Suide County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi
Luó dé Dǎo
Rhode Island, US state
Rhodes, an island of Greece
Shèng nǚ Zhēn dé
Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
Shèng ān dé liè sī Duàn céng
San Andreas Fault, California
Kěn dé jī Zhá jī
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Ài hā mài dá bā dé
Ahmadabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特[Gu3 ji2 la1 te4]
Ài dé méng dùn
Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
also written 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]
Zhū lì yǎ · Jí lā dé
Julia Gillard (1961-), Australian politician, prime minister from 2010
Xī Dé
West Germany
German Federal Republic 德意志聯邦共和國|德意志联邦共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Lian2 bang1 Gong4 he2 guo2]
Sài dé kè zú
Seediq, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Páng dé Jiē
Bond Street (London, England)
yī xīn yī dé
of one heart and one mind (idiom)
Táng jí hē dé
Don Quixote
also written 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]
Táng nà dé · Chuān pǔ
Donald Trump (1946-), American business magnate
Āi dé · Mǐ lì bān dé
Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010
Āi dé jiā · Ài lún · Pō
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist
Āi dé jiā · Sī nuò
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
Āi dé méng · Bó kè
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish philosopher and political scientist, member of British Parliament
Dà wèi · Mǐ lì bān dé
David Miliband (1965-), UK politician
Ào lǎng dé
François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, President from 2012
Ào ěr dé ní Dǎo
Alderney (Channel Islands)
Ào là niè sī tǎ dé
Oranjestad, capital of Aruba
nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
Hā luó dé
Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)
Harrods (department store etc)
Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn
Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator
yǐ dé bào yuàn
to return good for evil (idiom)
to requite evil with good
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
Yī wá · Mén dé sī
Eva Mendes, American actress
Yī sī lán mǎ bā dé
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan (Tw)
Fó lán dé
of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture
Lì yǎ dé
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia (Tw)
Jiā dé shì
Caltex (petroleum brand name)
Láo āi dé
Lloyd (name)
Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
Bó dé lì Tú shū guǎn
Bodleian Library (Oxford)
hòu dé zài wù
with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
Nī kě · Jī dé màn
Nicole Kidman (1967-), film actress
Kǒng dé
Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher
Dé xiān sheng
"Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4]
abbr. for 德謨克拉西|德谟克拉西[de2 mo2 ke4 la1 xi1]
see also 賽先生|赛先生[Sai4 xian1 sheng5]
Dé gǔ xī jiā bā
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras (Tw)
Dé guó Xué shù Jiāo liú Zǒng shǔ
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Tw)
Dé guó Tǒng yī Shè huì dǎng
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
Dé biāo xī
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer
Dé yì zhì Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guó
German democratic republic (former East Germany), 1945-1990
Dé yì zhì Lián bāng Gòng hé guó
Federal Republic of Germany
former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany
Dé Méi yīn
Des Moines, capital of Iowa
Dé Fǎ Nián jiàn
Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)
Dé wū pà
Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946-), former prime minister of Nepal
Dé lún tè
Drenthe (name)
Drenthe (province in Netherlands)
Zhāng Dé jiāng
Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Bù lā dé · Bǐ tè
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer
Bù lái dé Hú
Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled
Pà dé nèn Shén miào
Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens (Tw)
Cháng dé sī xián
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
Kù ěr dé Gōng rén dǎng
Kurdistan Worker's Party (PPK)
Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ
Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992
Fú lǎng suǒ wǎ · Huò lán dé
François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, President from 2012
also written 奧朗德|奥朗德[Ao4 lang3 de2]
Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist