懂得 (dǒngde) means Understand (comprehend). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
一位好领袖 懂得 倾听。
Yí wèi hǎo lǐngxiù dǒngde qīngtīng.
A good leader knows how to listen.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领袖
富裕之后更要 懂得 节约。
Fùyù zhīhòu gèng yào dǒngde jiéyuē.
Once well off, one should understand thrift all the more.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 富裕
执着是好事，但也要 懂得 变通。
Zhízhuó shì hǎoshì, dàn yě yào dǒngde biàntōng.
Persistence is good, but one must also know when to be flexible.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 执着
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From the graded readers
那一刻我忽然明白：不 懂得 拒绝的人，时间是不值钱的。
nà / nèi yīkè wǒ hūrán míngbai: bù dǒngde jùjué de / dì rén, shíjiān shì bùzhí qián de / dì.
In that moment I understood: for someone who can't refuse, their time is worth nothing.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
Questions about 懂得
How is 懂得 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 懂得 (dǒngde, "Understand (comprehend)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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