得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 主人 zhǔ rén master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn 程度 chéng dù degree / level / extent syn 学会 學會 xué huì to learn / to master / institute / learned society / (scholarly) association 高度 gāo dù height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 主持人 zhǔ chí rén host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director syn 高手 gāo shǒu expert / past master / dab hand syn 师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn 质量 質量 zhì liàng (physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity syn 学位 學位 xué wèi academic degree / place in school 难度 難度 nán dù degree of difficulty 真人 zhēn rén a real person / Daoist spiritual master 丝毫 絲毫 sī háo the slightest amount or degree / a bit syn 主宰 zhǔ zǎi to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master syn 师父 師父 shī fu used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker syn 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 精通 jīng tōng to be proficient in / to master (a subject) syn 三分 sān fēn somewhat / to some degree 驾驭 駕馭 jià yù to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn 老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn 份儿 份兒 fèn r degree / extent / allotted share 可信度 kě xìn dù degree of credibility / reliability 到家 dào jiā perfect / excellent / brought to the utmost degree syn 上手 shàng shǒu to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor syn 原件 yuán jiàn the original / original document / master copy 学士 學士 xué shì bachelor's degree / person holding a university degree syn 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 零度 líng dù zero degree 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine) syn 东家 東家 dōng jiā master (i.e. employer) / landlord / boss syn 略带 略帶 lüè dài to have (an attribute) to a small degree / to have a touch of syn 攻读 攻讀 gōng dú to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree syn 轻重 輕重 qīng zhòng severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious syn 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 司仪 司儀 sī yí master of ceremonies (MC) syn 名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn 名家 míng jiā renowned expert / master (of an art or craft) syn 夫子 fū zǐ Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 气量 氣量 qì liàng (lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity syn 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 双学位 雙學位 shuāng xué wèi dual degree (academic) 巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn 拳师 拳師 quán shī boxing coach / pugilist master 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 门生 門生 mén shēng disciple / student (of a famous master) syn 主从 主從 zhǔ cóng master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary syn 主仆 主僕 zhǔ pú master and servant 震级 震級 zhèn jí degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale) 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 莫里哀 mò lǐ āi Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy 拜师 拜師 bài shī to formally become an apprentice to a master syn 主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn 融会贯通 融會貫通 róng huì guàn tōng to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas syn 教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) syn 鲁班 魯班 lǔ bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry 师徒 師徒 shī tú master and disciple 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 硕士生 碩士生 shuò shì shēng Master's degree student 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 太上皇 tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang / Retired Emperor / father of the reigning emperor / fig. puppet master 等差 děng chā degree of disparity / equal difference syn 八股文 bā gǔ wén eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties syn 一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one) 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master 三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) 二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two) 总体规划 總體規劃 zǒng tǐ guī huà overall plan / master plan 博士学位 博士學位 bó shì xué wèi doctoral degree / PhD / same as Doctor of Philosophy 哲學博士學位|哲学博士学位 降幅 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop 学士学位 學士學位 xué shì xué wèi bachelor's degree 毕业证书 畢業證書 bì yè zhèng shū (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1] / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree syn 神探 shén tàn master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] 高学历 高學歷 gāo xué lì higher education record / record including Master's or Doctoral degree 师尊 師尊 shī zūn teacher / master 学位证书 學位證書 xué wèi zhèng shū diploma (for a degree) / degree certificate 万能钥匙 萬能鑰匙 wàn néng yào shi master key / skeleton key / passkey 难易 難易 nán yì difficulty / degree of difficulty or ease 朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism 彻骨 徹骨 chè gǔ to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree syn 工商管理硕士 工商管理碩士 gōng shāng guǎn lǐ shuò shì Master of Business Administration (MBA) 尊师 尊師 zūn shī revered master syn 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) 浴霸 yù bà bathroom infrared heater, marketed as "bath master" 朱子 zhū zi Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹 