大德

Chinese

big
great
manliness, virtue
manly, virtuous
Germany (phon.)
simp. and trad.
(大德)

Pronunciation


Noun

大德

  1. (literary) great favour
  2. (literary) great virtue
  3. (literary) virtuous people
  4. (Buddhism) honorific for elderly monks, Buddha or Bodhisattva
  5. (historical) short for 大德帝國 / 大德帝国 (Dàdé Dìguó), German Empire

Synonyms

  • (great virtue): (literary) 明德 (míngdé), (literary) 盛德 (shèngdé), (literary) 至德 (zhìdé)

Derived terms

Proper noun

大德

  1. () Dade (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)