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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
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
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means
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
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
to start one's career / (of an entertainer) to make one's debut
HSK 7-9
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
traffic lane / driveway
HSK 7-9
pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road
HSK 7-9
fair / equitable
HSK 7-9
negligible; insignificant
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
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
kind and honest / generous / sincere
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
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
Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化, Hunan
walking path / pathway
If I had known earlier...
to state / to say (the quoted words)
pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle
railway line / rail track
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing
vagina
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
waterway / ship channel
sound track / audio 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
urethra / urinary tract
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
winding road / road curve
Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
race course
road on a slope; inclined path; ramp
plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
national highway
trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve
(astronomy) the ecliptic
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 ask the way / to ask
freeway ramp
justice / fairness / public highway
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
fast lane
Shinto (Japanese religion)
karate
intestines / gut
river course / river channel
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
to practice Daoism
(telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
ropeway
on the way
the way of maintaining good health
to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
see 邪路
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue
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 preach / a sermon
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
host
to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions
major road / thoroughfare / main road
to commend / to praise
bile duct
walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel
watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool)
Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义)
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects
to die for a just cause
mine shaft / gallery / tunnel
to discuss sth enthusiastically
equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator
to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened
kendō (sports)
to oppress / to rule as a despot / to tyrannize

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