- 得 verbto getto obtain; to receive; to gain
- 理 verbnounreasonreason; logic; truth; a law or principle governing how things work
- 不 adverbnotNegative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
- to forgive or yield to othersto show mercy, forgive, or defer to someone; to be yielding (often in the phrase 得理不饶人 )