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HSK
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / 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)
HSK 2
flavor; taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest; delight / (dialect) smell; odor
HSK 2
to report (news) / report / CL: ,
HSK 3
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
street / CL: 條|条 / subdistrict / residential district
HSK 4
frequency / (television) channel
HSK 5
virtue / morality / ethics / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
together
HSK 6
main street / avenue
HSK 6
to apologize
HSK 6
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
Japanese tea ceremony / sado
HSK 7-9
sidewalk
HSK 7-9
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
tunnel
HSK 7-9
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
fair / equitable
HSK 7-9
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
kind and honest / generous / sincere
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road
HSK 7-9
to start one's career / (of an entertainer) to make one's debut
HSK 7-9
traffic lane / driveway
HSK 7-9
passageway / corridor / aisle
HSK 7-9
(theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item; artifact
HSK 7-9
fortune / luck / fate
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
moral bankruptcy / moral degeneracy
manned orbiting space station
to talk rubbish
intestines / gut
Douglas (name)
(astronomy) the ecliptic
to state / to say (the quoted words)
equatorial rain forest
a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom); those upholding justice will find help all around
underground passage; underpass
the way of former kings
pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
yakuza
to be fooled / to be taken in (by a ruse)
to set off / to take to the road
aerial ropeway / cable car
towpath (along a canal)
river course / river channel
synthetic athletics track / tartan track
South Gyeongsang Province, in southeast South Korea, capital Changwon 昌原
sewer
(theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
ballistic missile
North Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
woman (derog.)
walking path / pathway
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
side road / byway
fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane
carpool lane
inhuman
flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract
railway line / rail track
the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent
the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
to practice Daoism
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道) / the underworld; criminal gangs
(Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication
sound track / audio channel
to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a guilt trip on sb
dishonest practices
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
kendō (sports)
digestive tract
vagina
taxiway (at airport)
to yell
acupuncture point / acupoint
walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel
to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just
esophageal cancer
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)

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