Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

得名

démíng

ㄉㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

  1. 1to get one's name
  2. 2named (after sth)
Example

馬尾藻海是一片廣闊的海域,因一種名為「馬尾藻」的自由漂浮海藻而得名。

mǎwěi zǎo hǎi shì yí piàn guǎngkuò de hǎiyù yīn yìzhǒng míngwéi mǎwěi zǎo de zìyóu piāofú hǎizǎo ér démíng

The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum.

Keep 得名 and it comes back until you know it.

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