Example sentences
pǎo跑dé得zhēn真kuài快。
Runs so fast.
shuō说dé得hǎo好。
Well said.
The story behind the character
得
The oldest 得 is a hand closing on a shell. 又, a hand, over 贝, a cowrie, which was money. By the seal script a road had been added on the left: 彳. Pick up cash on the road, and you have got something. Xu Shen wrote 得, 行有所得也, walking and getting. 觉得, 得到, 记得. Every one of them is a hand closing on something.