dào
direction
way
road
path
CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
jī
to amass
to accumulate
to store
measured quantity (such as area of volume)
product (the result of multiplication)
to integrate (math.)
to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.)
old
long-standing
kū long
hole
pocket
cavity
loophole
debt
gǔ qín
guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum
the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)
zhēng tú
long journey
trek
course of an expedition
zhēng rén
traveler (on a long journey)
participant in an expedition
garrison soldier
new recruit
Lóng ān
Long'an county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2], Guangxi
Ān lóng
Anlong county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
jiǔ yǎng
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.
It's an honor to meet you at last.
fà cài
long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae
also called faat choy or hair moss
Lóng ān xiàn
Long'an county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2], Guangxi
yuǎn móu
a long-term plan
an ambitious strategy
jī fēi chéng shì
a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
jiǔ mù
lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).
I've been looking forward to meeting you.
It's an honor to meet you at last.
dà tí xiǎo zuò
to cut a long story short
a brief treatment of a complicated subject
fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
jiǔ mù shèng míng
I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you.
It's an honor to meet you at last.
yuán bì
arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
shòu zhōng
to die of old age
to live to a ripe old age
(fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)