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HSK
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
flavor; taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest; delight / (dialect) smell; odor
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
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
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
virtue / morality / ethics / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
frequency / (television) channel
HSK 5
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
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
to apologize
HSK 6
together
HSK 6
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
main street / avenue
HSK 6
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
(theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item; artifact
HSK 7-9
traffic lane / driveway
HSK 7-9
pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road
HSK 7-9
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
to start one's career / (of an entertainer) to make one's debut
HSK 7-9
Japanese tea ceremony / sado
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
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
fair / equitable
HSK 7-9
kind and honest / generous / sincere
HSK 7-9
sidewalk
HSK 7-9
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
passageway / corridor / aisle
HSK 7-9
tunnel
HSK 7-9
to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a guilt trip on sb
Jeolla or Cholla Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Jeolla Province 全羅北道|全罗北道 and South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道
railroad switch
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
to make sense; reasonable
monastery / convent
communications channel
to say goodbye; to bid farewell / to pay a farewell call
morality / righteousness and justice
Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC
walking path / pathway
If I had known earlier...
OK! / Got it!
absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
to state / to say (the quoted words)
North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Cheongju 清州市
pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle
a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing
street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper
inhuman
anchor lift (ski-lift)
Didao, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市, Heilongjiang
Confucian orthodoxy
railroad switch
vagina
The Sopranos (US TV series)
to chat about this and that / to talk about anything and everything
Douglas (name)
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 (369-286 BC)
traditionalist / moralist / champion (of a cause)
waterway / ship channel
Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
urethra / urinary tract
winding road / road curve
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯
race course
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)
route for providing foodstuff
to make a detour / to go by way of
road on a slope; inclined path; ramp
aerial ropeway / cable car
national highway
trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve
fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane
(astronomy) the ecliptic
to ask the way / to ask
freeway ramp
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
fast lane
Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)

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