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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1道德 道德 dào dao4 de2virtue; morality; ethics; Classifiers:
2 dàodao4road; path; Classifiers: , ; 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; (old) circuit (administrative division)
3道路 道路 dào dao4 lu4road; path; way; Classifiers:
4道教 道教 dào jiàoDao4 jiao4Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
5道士 道士 dào shìdao4 shi4Daoist priest
6道歉 道歉 dào qiàndao4 qian4to apologize
7道具 道具 dào dao4 ju4prop (theater); paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact
8道德多数 道德多數 dào duō shùdao4 de2 duo1 shu4moral majority
9道高益安,势高益危 道高益安,勢高益危 dào gāo ān , shì gāo wēidao4 gao1 yi4 an1 , shi4 gao1 yi4 wei1More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史记 ). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
10道高一尺,魔高一丈 道高一尺,魔高一丈 dào gāo chǐ , gāo zhàngdao4 gao1 yi1 chi3 , mo2 gao1 yi1 zhang4virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
11道孚县 道孚縣 dào xiànDao4 fu2 xian4Dawu county (Tibetan: rta 'u rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 , Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
12道尔顿 道爾頓 dào ěr dùnDao4 er3 dun4Dalton (name); John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
13道地 道地 dào dao4 di4authentic; original
14道德认识 道德認識 dào rèn shidao4 de2 ren4 shi5moral cognition; ethical awareness
15道德沦丧 道德淪喪 dào lún sàngdao4 de2 lun2 sang4moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy
16道指 道指 dào zhǐDao4 zhi3Dow Jones Industrial Average (abbr. for 道琼斯指数 )
17道德家 道德家 dào jiādao4 de2 jia1Daoist
18道德败坏 道德敗壞 dào bài huàidao4 de2 bai4 huai4vice; immorality; moral turpitude
19道出 道出 dào chūdao4 chu1to speak; to tell; to voice
20道长不短 道長不短 dào cháng duǎndao4 chang2 bu4 duan3neither too long nor too short (idiom)
21道岔 道岔 dào chàdao4 cha4railroad switch
22道菜 道菜 dào càidao4 cai4Dish
23道不同不相为谋 道不同不相為謀 dào tóng xiāng wéi móudao4 bu4 tong2 bu4 xiang1 wei2 mou2lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together; to go separate ways (idiom)
24道不拾遗 道不拾遺 dào shí dao4 bu4 shi2 yi2lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom); fig. honesty prevails throughout society
25道别 道別 dào biédao4 bie2leave-taking; to say goodbye