德配天地
dé​pèi​tiān​dì

to be a paragon of virtue

  • created sense approved 德配天地 · dé​pèi​tiān​dì · to be a paragon of virtue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    德配天地

    dé​pèi​tiān​dì

    to be a paragon of virtue

    to have virtue so great that it can be compared to heaven and earth; used to describe someone of the highest moral character

    德 (literal) → 德 · dé · virtue 配 (literal) → 配 · pèi · to match 天地 (literal) → 天地 · tiān​dì · heaven and earth

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

    created sense