What 得天独厚 means
- enjoy exceptional advantages
- richly endowed by nature
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What does 得天独厚 mean in English?
得天独厚 is pronounced détiāndúhòu and means enjoy exceptional advantages, richly endowed by nature.
How do you pronounce 得天独厚?
得天独厚 is détiāndúhòu in pinyin — written detianduhou without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 得天独厚?
得天独厚 is written with 4 characters: 得 (dé / děi / de) Get; Have to (need), 天 (tiān) Day (heaven - sky), 独 (dú) Alone (only - independent), 厚 (hòu) Thick (profound). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 得天独厚 written in traditional Chinese?
得天獨厚. The simplified form 得天独厚 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 得天獨厚 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced détiāndúhòu.
Is 得天独厚 an HSK word?
Yes — 得天独厚 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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