ān​dé

how can one get

  • created sense approved 安得 · ān​dé · how can one get — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    安得

    ān​dé

    how can one get

    (literary) how can one obtain or find; often used to express a rhetorical wish for something that is difficult to get.

    安 (literal) → 安 · ān · [how/where] 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 安得 · ān​dé · how could it be — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    安得

    ān​dé

    how could it be

    (literary) how can this be possible; used to express interrogative disbelief

    安 (literal) → 安 · ān · [how/where] 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 安得 · ān​dé · how can one — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    安得

    ān​dé

    how can one

    (literary) how can one be so; used as a rhetorical reproach

    安 (literal) → 安 · ān · [how/where] 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense