道[dào]

名

1. road; way; path

♦ 这是往古北口去的~儿。 This road goes (or leads) to Gubeikou.

♦ 山间小~ a mountain path

2. channel; course

♦ 河道

3. way; method

♦ 养生之道

4. doctrine; principle; the Tao; the Way

♦ 孔孟之道

5. Taoism; Taoist

♦ 道士

6. superstitious sect

♦ 会道门

7. line

♦ 画一条斜~儿 draw a slanting line

量

1. (for long and narrow objects)

♦ 一~河 a river

♦ 万~金光 myriads of golden rays

♦ 一~缝儿 a crack

2. (for doors, walls, etc.)

♦ 两~门 two successive doors

♦ 三~防线 three lines of defence

3. (for orders, questions, etc.)

♦ 一~命令 an order

♦ 出五~题 set five questions (for an examination, etc.)

4. (for courses in a meal, stages in a procedure, etc.)

♦ 上四~菜 serve four courses

♦ 省一~手续 save one step in the process

♦ 上三~漆 apply three coats of paint

动

1. say; talk; speak

♦ 能说会道

2. say (polite words)

♦ 道谢

3. say (the words quoted)

♦ 她笑~:“你说对了!” She said with a smile, “You're right!”

4. think; suppose

♦ 我~是老周呢, 原来是你。 So it's you! I thought it was Lao Zhou.