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)
dǎo yǐn
same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]
Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
dào yuàn
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)
dào
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
dào
to place upside down
to invert
to pour
to throw out
to move backwards
however
actually
as a matter of fact
contrary to expectation
dǎo
to fall
to collapse
to overthrow
to fail
to go bankrupt
to change (trains or buses)
to move around
to resell at a profit
dāo
knife
blade
single-edged sword
cutlass
CL:把[ba3]
(slang) dollar (loanword)
classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
classifier for knife cuts or stabs
dǎo
to transmit
to lead
to guide
to conduct
to direct
dǎo
island
CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
dǎo
variant of 島|岛[dao3], island
used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima
dào
to steal
to rob
to plunder
thief
bandit
robber
dào
paddy
rice (Oryza sativa)
dǎo
pound
beat
hull
attack
disturb
stir
dǎo
to tread on
to trample
to stamp
to fulfill
Taiwan pr. [dao4]
dǎo
variant of 島|岛[dao3], island
used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima
dé dào
to achieve the Dao
to become an immortal
Dào dé jīng
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
Dào xiàn
Dao county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan
Běi Dǎo
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
dào
big banner
feather banner or fan
dāo
deuterium 2H
heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2
Lǐ Zhèng dào
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
dāo
"knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18)
see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2]
see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
Wáng Dǎo
Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
Màn dǎo
Isle of Man, British Isles (Taiwanese usage)
see also 馬恩島|马恩岛[Mǎ ēn dǎo]
yīng dǎo
Sakurajima island, an active volcano in Kagoshima prefecture 鹿兒島縣|鹿儿岛县[Lù ér dǎo xiàn], Japan
xuán zhī yòu xuán
mystery within a mystery
the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子
Zhōng qīng
Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zhōng qīng běi dào] and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道[Zhōng qīng nán dào] of South Korea
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
fig. to ride on sb else's success
Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
Qīng lóng Mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn
Qinglong Manchu autonomous county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島|秦皇岛[Qín huáng dǎo], Hebei
Wáng Dūn
Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導|王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324
Qīng zhōu
Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea 忠清北道[Zhōng qīng běi dào]
Rén chuān guǎng yù shì
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jīng jī dào], South Korea
Liú qiú hǎi
Ryūkyū sea
refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Líu qíu qún dǎo] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
Kěn dīng guó jiā gōng yuán
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Héng chūn bàn dǎo], Pingtung county, south Taiwan
Mǔ shuǐ duān lǐ
Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xián jìng běi dào]
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