Shèng bǐ dé bǎo

Traditional: 聖彼得堡

圣彼得堡 (Shèng bǐ dé bǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)”.

Meanings

  1. 1Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)

Characters in 圣彼得堡

圣kū · (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)彼bǐ · that得dé · to obtain堡bǎo · (bound form) fortress; stronghold

Related words

得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...记得to remember得到to get; to obtain; to receive值得worth the money不得不have no choice or option but to获得to obtain; to receive; to get赢得to win圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)

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