shì shí shàng
in fact
in reality
actually
as a matter of fact
de facto
ipso facto
Dèng Xiǎo píng
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
hào chēng
to have a reputation as
known as
de facto
to claim to be (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
sǐ hú tòng
blind alley
cul-de-sac
dead end
impasse
de
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
dé
to obtain
to get
to gain
to catch (a disease)
proper
suitable
proud
contented
to allow
to permit
ready
finished
de
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
de
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
Dé
Germany
German
abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
dé
virtue
goodness
morality
ethics
kindness
favor
character
kind
de
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
Zhū Dé
Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
fāng fǎ lùn
methodology
Discours de la méthode by René Descartes 笛卡兒|笛卡儿[Di2 ka3 er2], 1637
tí hú
refined cream cheese
fig. crème de la crème
nirvana
Buddha nature
Buddhist truth
broth
flawless personal character
jué jì
consummate skill
supreme feat
tour-de-force
stunt
kài
possessive particle (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 的[de]
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 ān
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
dé
variant of 德
virtue
goodness
morality
ethics
huā lù shuǐ
perfumed toilet water
eau de cologne
floral water
hydrosol
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
huán fǎ
Tour de France cycle race
abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛
Bā ěr zhā kè
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine
Dài Gāo lè
Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and President of the Republic 1959-1969
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]
jiě xī
to de-absorb
to get a chemical out of solution
Kù lún
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), French physicist
Coulomb (unit of charge)
wú hé huà
to make nuclear-free
to de-nuclearize
rén jiān xǐ jù
La comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Bā ěr zhā kè]
Dí kǎ ér
René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论
huán fǎ zì xíng chē sài
Tour de France cycle race
kǔ cài huā
Bitter cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Féng Dé yīng] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang
Dé ān xiàn
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Kǎ zhā fēi
(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
Ào mén shì
Municipality of Macau
Concelho de Macau
Fēng níng Mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn
Fengning Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德[Chéng dé], Hebei
Shèng Ān duō ní táng qū
St Anthony Parish (Macau)
Freguesia de Santo António
Huā dì mǎ táng qū
Parish of Our Lady of Fatima (Macau)
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Zhù Hòu zhào
Zhu Houzhao, personal name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德[Zhèng Dé]
Kuān chéng Mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn
Kuancheng Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德[Chéng dé], Hebei
Ài dé méng dùn
Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
also written 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Āi dé méng dùn]
Luó bó sī bì ěr
Robespierre (name)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794
Guó jì Tǐ cāo Lián hé huì
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
dé wéi ěr pān
(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)
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