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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
virtue / morality / ethics / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
to apologize
HSK 6
(theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item; artifact
HSK 7-9
to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a guilt trip on sb
to say goodbye; to bid farewell / to pay a farewell call
morality / righteousness and justice
Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC
Confucian orthodoxy
railroad switch
Douglas (name)
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)
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)
Daoist priest
skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]
Taoist devotee (honorific)
Dao county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
martial arts studio; dojo
Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场
Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
Dow Jones Industrial Average (abbr. for 道瓊斯指數|道琼斯指数)
sanctimonious / dignified
Dow Jones (stock market index)
Daoist nun
Taoist robe / traditional men's gown
to expose / to reveal
Dawu county (Tibetan: rta 'u rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
to congratulate
spoken lines in opera
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
gossip; hearsay; rumor
authentic / original
(saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
to express thanks
to congratulate
curb
Dow Jones (stock market index)
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit ), aka taotai and circuit intendant
road construction
ethical dilemma
moral bankruptcy / moral degeneracy
Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
vice / immorality / moral turpitude
Dow Jones Industrial Average
to speak / to tell / to voice
Daoli, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
Daoist scripture
(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
Daoguang Emperor
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
(railway) ballast
costume
Daowai, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
one's perspective on morality
If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.
Daoist
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom)
lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
Taokas, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Dawu county (Tibetan: rta 'u rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas / ars longa, vita brevis
moral cognition / ethical awareness
moral high ground
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
a Daoist / a follower of Daoism
Daozhen Klau and Hmong autonomous county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, northeast Guizhou
Daoist temple
Taoist priest / Daoist priest
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).


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