贺电 (hè diàn) — congratulatory telegram

Definition

Examples

• 他给总统发了一封贺电。
  Tā gěi zǒng tǒng fā le yì fēng hè diàn.
  He sent a congratulatory telegram to the president.
• 大使馆收到了各国发来的贺电。
  Dà shǐ guǎn shōu dào le gè guó fā lái de hè diàn.
  The embassy received congratulatory telegrams from various countries.
• 公司成立那天，贺电像雪片一样飞来。
  Gōng sī chéng lì nà tiān, hè diàn xiàng xuě piàn yí yàng fēi lái.
  On the day the company was founded, congratulatory telegrams came in like snowflakes.