得意

dé yì

HSK 4freq #6279

Meanings

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dé yì

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

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Wiktionary

1.successful
2.smug; proud; self-satisfied
3.cute; adorable
4.interesting; peculiar

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Stroke order

Components

得彳㝵

意音心

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Characters

Example sentences

凡人皆有得意时。
Every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意时。
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
最後笑的人，才是笑得最得意的人。
He who laughs last laughs best.
最後笑的人，才是笑得最得意的人。
He who laughs last, laughs best.

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Derived terms

得意忘形得意洋洋

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Related words

得意扬扬 variant of 得意洋洋[dé yì yáng yáng]得意门生 favorite pupil 洋洋得意 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)春风得意 flushed with success 志得意满 fully content with one's achievements (idiom)自鸣得意 to think highly of oneself 得意忘形 so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure 得意洋洋 joyfully satisfied