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  *到* | 到* | *到
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
HSK 1
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
HSK 2
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
HSK 3
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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, shadows 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
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
surname Dao
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  *岛* | 岛* | *岛
island / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经)
profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles
HSK 7-9
(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans
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  *导* | 导* | *导
to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct
Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
a Daoist / a follower of Daoism
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  *稻* | 稻* | *稻
paddy / rice (Oryza sativa)
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
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  *祷* | 祷* | *祷
prayer / pray / supplication
to practice Daoism
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
(slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright
Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
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
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  *蹈* | 蹈* | *蹈
to tread on / to trample / to stamp / to fulfill / Taiwan pr. [dao4]
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  *盗* | 盗* | *盗
to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber
HSK 7-9
the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls
the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect
(martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒 / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
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  *氘* | 氘* | *氘
deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2
various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism by Mozi 墨子, Legalism by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others
Dao County or Daoxian, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市, Hunan
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
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  *叨* | 叨* | *叨
garrulous
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  *焘* | 焘* | *焘
cover over / to envelope
Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
ritual (Daoism) / scientific instrument (abbr. for 科學儀器|科学仪器)
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  *悼* | 悼* | *悼
to mourn / to lament
same as 引導|引导 / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
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  *捣* | 捣* | *捣
to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering / (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡)
in Daoism, astral wind on which immortals may ride / strong wind
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  *翿* | 翿* | *翿
feather banner or fan
levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
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  *帱* | 帱* | *帱
canopy
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  *擣* | 擣* | *擣
stir / to pound
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  *捯* | 捯* | *捯
(coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter)
progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经, Chpt. 41)
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  *岛* | 岛* | *岛
variant of 島|岛
HSK 6
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  *壔* | 壔* | *壔
column / cylinder
Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
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  *舠* | 舠* | *舠
kayak
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  *纛* | 纛* | *纛
big banner / feather banner or fan
(Daoism) to die
mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas / ars longa, vita brevis
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  *忉* | 忉* | *忉
grieved
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  *炁* | 炁* | *炁
(Daoism) Qi; vital force; life force (variant of 氣|气)
various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism by Mozi 墨子, Legalism by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others
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  *禂* | 禂* | *禂
to pray / prayer
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  *刂* | 刂* | *刂
Kangxi radical 18 () as a vertical side element, referred to as 立刀旁 or 側刀旁|侧刀旁
mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子
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  *鱽* | 鱽* | *鱽
Coilia ectenes
Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)
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  *稲* | 稲* | *稲
variant of
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  *嶋* | 嶋* | *嶋
variant of 島|岛, island / used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima
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  *衟* | 衟* | *衟
old variant of
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  *嶌* | 嶌* | *嶌
variant of 島|岛, island / used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima


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