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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
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
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
to apologize
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 discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
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
passageway / corridor / aisle
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
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
(theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item; artifact
HSK 7-9
to state / to say (the quoted words)
underground passage; underpass
pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
walking path / pathway
Douglas (name)
level crossing
sewer
esophageal cancer
inhuman
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
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
sermon / to sermonize / to preach / to evangelize
sound track / audio channel
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
vagina
opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius
acupuncture point / acupoint
to yell
walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just
kendō (sports)
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
judo
Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场
to enter the Way / to become a Daoist
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
to defend traditional values
to clear the way
(idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded
Taoist priest / Daoist priest
to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
to kidnap / to hijack
authentic / original
to talk rubbish
taekwondo (Korean martial art)
Daoist priest
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
respiratory tract
to express thanks
original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
main channel
to ask the way / to ask
immoral
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)
to preach / a sermon
subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
to reach illumination (Buddhism)
skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]
lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways

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