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當 (当)

dàng

Definition

at or in the very same...
suitable
adequate
fitting
proper
to replace
to regard as
to think
to pawn
(coll.) to fail (a student)

Other pronunciations

dāng

during
to work as
to be
to act as
manage
withstand
when
during
ought
should
match equally
equal
same
obstruct
just at (a time or place)
on the spot
right

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier (for crosspieces); measure word; classifier (for events, affairs etc); measure word; Taiwan pr. [dang3]

to arrange; to put in order

to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

crotch; seat of a pair of trousers

clank; clang; sound of metal

stop

frying pan; griddle

mantis

(literary) pendant ornament; earring; eunuch

(dialect) earthen dyke in a river or rice paddy (for irrigation purposes)

Related words (50)

to consider as a matter of importance; to be of importance

to treat as; to regard as; to consider (as); in the light of

to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as

that very night; the same night

the same day

(coll.) pledge; surety

that very same year

to pawn

as; to treat as; to consider as; to take for; to take to be; to regard as

to fail (a student); to pawn; (of a computer or program) to crash; to stop working

that very day; (the) same day; that same day

right away; at once; immediately; now

the same evening

that month; this month; (the) same month

to crash (of a computer); to stop working; (loanword from English "down")

to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!

pawn shop

dàng huí shì

to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously

taken in (by sb's deceit); (to be) fooled; (to be) duped; to take the bait

unsuitable; improper; inappropriate

frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle

settled; accomplished; ready

proper; suitable

to pawn; pawnshop

shady business

inappropriate; improper

settled; ready; finished

familial property; belongings

appropriate; suitable

appropriate; proper; fitting; suitable

honest; reasonable; fair; sensible

to flunk (Tw); (computing) to crash; to stop working

precise and appropriate

most suitable; extremely appropriate

excessive

suitable; appropriate

bù zhèng dàng

dishonest; unfair; improper

inadequate; unfit

zhèng dàng xìng

(political) legitimacy

bù dàng dé lì

unjust enrichment

chī kuī shàng dàng

to be taken advantage of

zhèng dàng lǐ yóu

proper reason; reasonable grounds

zhèng dàng fáng wèi

reasonable self-defense; legitimate defense

láo kào tuǒ dàng

reliable; solid and dependable

zhí jiē liǎo dàng

see 直截了當

fáng wèi guò dàng

excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)

不當一回事

bù dàng yī huí shì

not regard as a matter (of any importance)

不正當關係

bù zhèng dàng guān xì

improper relation; adulterous relation

不正當競爭

bù zhèng dàng jìng zhēng

unfair competition; illicit competition

說話不當話

shuō huà bù dàng huà

to fail to keep to one's word; to break a promise

Idioms (7)

當天事當天畢

dàng tiān shì dàng tiān bì

never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

dà ér wú dàng

grandiose but impractical (idiom); large but of no real use

ān bù dàng chē

to go on foot (idiom); to do things at a leisurely pace

bēi gē dàng kū

to sing instead of weep (idiom)

zhí jié liǎo dàng

direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward

死馬當活馬醫

sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī

(lit.) to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); (fig.) to keep trying everything in a desperate situation

拿著雞毛當令箭

ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn

to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

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