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得逞 (dé chěng) — to succeed in carrying out (a malicious scheme); to have one's way (in a bad sense)

Definition

得逞 (déchěng) means a bad plan or scheme actually succeeds — usually used after 没(有) to say it FAILED. Always implies malice or wrongdoing.

verb
to succeed in carrying out (a malicious scheme)to have one's way (in a bad sense)

Examples

  • 得逞。
    Dí rén de yīn móu zuì zhōng méi yǒu dé chěng.
    The enemy's scheme ultimately did not succeed.
  • 得逞，。
    Tā yǐ wéi zì jǐ néng dé chěng, què dī gū le dà jiā de jǐng tì.
    He thought he could get his way, but he underestimated everyone's vigilance.
  • 得逞，。
    Nà ge piàn zi de jì huà méi yǒu dé chěng, fǎn ér bèi zhuā zhù le.
    That swindler's plan did not succeed; instead, he was caught.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

得déobtain
逞chěngsucceed

得 means to obtain and 逞 means to succeed; together they mean a scheme succeeds.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
呈
呈chéng逞chěng
Same sound today

逞 combines 辶, a walking mark, with 呈, which gives the sound.

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