先王之道
xiān wáng zhī dào
Pinyin

Definition

先王之道
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xiān wáng zhī dào
  1. the way of former kings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之
zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
之后
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
先
xiān
  1. 1 early
  2. 2 prior
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 in advance
  5. 5 first
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
王
Wáng
  1. 1 surname Wang
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
一道
yī dào
  1. 1 together
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
久而久之
jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī
  1. 1 over time
  2. 2 as time passes
  3. 3 in the fullness of time
之一
zhī yī
  1. 1 one of (sth)
  2. 2 one out of a multitude
  3. 3 one (third, quarter, percent etc)
之上
zhī shàng
  1. 1 above
之下
zhī xià
  1. 1 under
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 less than
之中
zhī zhōng
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 in the midst of (doing sth)
  4. 4 during
之内
zhī nèi
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 within
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
井底之蛙
jǐng dǐ zhī wā
  1. 1 the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
井蛙之见
jǐng wā zhī jiàn
  1. 1 the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

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