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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
歌德
to sing the praises of sb
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to sing the praises of sb
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 歌德 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 歌德.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 歌德.
Directly before
- 包括歌德1
Directly after
- 歌德曾1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 歌德
What does 歌德 mean in Chinese?
歌德 (gēdé) means to sing the praises of sb.
How do you pronounce 歌德?
歌德 is pronounced gēdé.
Is 歌德 an HSK word?
歌德 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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