fixed amount; fate; predestination
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
fixed amount; quota; predetermined number
formalUsed in administrative, financial, or statistical contexts.
Jīn今
nián年
de的
zhāo招
shēng生
dìng定
shù数
yǐ已
jīng经
gōng公
bù布
le了
。
This year's admissions quota has been announced.
Gōng工
chǎng厂
wèi为
měi每
gè个
chē车
jiān间
shè设
dìng定
le了
shēng生
chǎn产
dìng定
shù数
。
The factory set a production quota for each workshop.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
yào药
de的
měi每
rì日
fú服
yòng用
yǒu有
yán严
gé格
de的
dìng定
shù数
。
There is a strict fixed dosage for daily consumption of this medicine.
noun
fate; destiny; predestination
literaryCarries a belief in a predetermined, unchangeable course of events.
Tā他
xiāng相
xìn信
shēng生
sǐ死
yǒu有
mìng命
，
yī一
qiè切
dōu都
shì是
dìng定
shù数
。
He believes life and death are fated, everything is predestined.
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
shuō说
，
rén人
de的
fù富
guì贵
pín贫
jiàn贱
jiē皆
yǒu有
dìng定
shù数
。
The ancients often said that a person's wealth and poverty are all determined by fate.
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Zhè这
huò或
xǔ许
shì是
mìng命
zhōng中
zhù注
dìng定
de的
dìng定
shù数
，
wú无
fǎ法
táo逃
bì避
。
This is perhaps a fate decreed by destiny, inescapable.