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HSK
flavor; taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest; delight / (dialect) smell; odor
HSK 2
together
HSK 6
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
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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
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
to report (news) / report / CL: ,
HSK 3
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
street / CL: 條|条 / subdistrict / residential district
HSK 4
main street / avenue
HSK 6
irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
traffic lane / driveway
HSK 7-9
sewer
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
same principle
sidewalk
HSK 7-9
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
shortcut / a quicker method
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius
urethra / urinary tract
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
rampant / very popular
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 preach (the Christian gospel)
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
HSK 7-9
thoroughgoing / authentic / 100% / to the core
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
to yell
original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
(Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication
If I had known earlier...
doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things
filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
(telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
pedestrian underpass
digestive tract
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
winding road / road curve
Japanese tea ceremony / sado
HSK 7-9
low Earth orbit (LEO)
to talk rubbish
inhuman (idiom) / brutal and unfeeling
main channel
to be not worth mentioning
to start one's career / (of an entertainer) to make one's debut
HSK 7-9
tunnel
HSK 7-9
to ask the way / to ask
to stay on track / to proceed smoothly
Hokkaidō, Japan
to discuss sth enthusiastically
(lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关 / (fig.) wide open road / bright future
strength / power / efficacy
kind and honest / generous / sincere
HSK 7-9
Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市
transport channel
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
according to a report / It is reported that...
one-way street
pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road
HSK 7-9
who would have thought that ...?
HSK 7-9
underground passage; underpass
(of noodles etc) springy; chewy
broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects
absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
to be ungenerous
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract
waterway / ship channel
to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
to enter the Way / to become a Daoist
judo
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
major road / thoroughfare / main road
respiratory tract
to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)
trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve
via / by way of / en route to
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
via / by way of
fair / equitable
HSK 7-9
to play tricks on / to make a fool of
Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
ropeway
to change lanes
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty
South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, capital Daejeon 大田

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