No. 6,071 in Chinese
对得起
"To live up to" or "to be worthy of."
In a sentence
如果你努力工作，你就能对得起自己的努力。
If you work hard, you will live up to your own efforts.
Here, '对得起' is used to express living up to or being worthy of one's own efforts and commitments.
她对得起父母的期待，成为了一名医生。
She lived up to her parents' expectations and became a doctor.
'对得起' in this context conveys fulfilling or honoring the expectations or hopes placed upon her.
你这样做才对得起老板的信任。
By doing this, you are living up to your boss's trust.
The phrase '对得起' is employed here to denote justifying or not betraying someone's trust or confidence.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “对得起” in actual Chinese podcasts.
Find “对得起” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Chinese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 中文, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Chinese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).