武士道
wǔ shì dào
Pinyin

Definition

武士道
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wǔ shì dào
  1. bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
dào
  1. 1 road
  2. 2 path
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]
  4. 4 principle
  5. 5 truth
  6. 6 morality
  7. 7 reason
  8. 8 skill
  9. 9 method
  10. 10 Dao (of Daoism)
  11. 11 to say
  12. 12 to speak
  13. 13 to talk
  14. 14 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
  15. 15 (old) circuit (administrative division)
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
yī dào
  1. 1 together
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
rén shì
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 figure
  3. 3 public figure
rén dào
  1. 1 human sympathy
  2. 2 humanitarianism
  3. 3 humane
  4. 4 the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
  5. 5 sexual intercourse
gōng dào
  1. 1 justice
  2. 2 fairness
  3. 3 public highway
chū dào
  1. 1 to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. 2 to start one's career
yǒng shì
  1. 1 a warrior
  2. 2 a brave person
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
bó shì
  1. 1 doctor
  2. 2 court academician (in feudal China)
  3. 3 Ph.D.
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
tóng dào
  1. 1 same principle
hū xī dào
  1. 1 respiratory tract
hā shì qí
  1. 1 husky (sled dog)
wèn dào
  1. 1 to ask the way
  2. 2 to ask
hǎn dào
  1. 1 to yell
guó dào
  1. 1 national highway

Idioms (20)

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)
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
  1. 1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
  2. 2 men of vision
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
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
  1. 1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to part ways
卑卑不足道
bēi bēi bù zú dào
  1. 1 to be too petty or insignificant to mention
  2. 2 to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
  1. 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
口碑载道
kǒu bēi zài dào
  1. 1 lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
  2. 2 universal approbation
问道于盲
wèn dào yú máng
  1. 1 lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
  1. 1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
天公地道
tiān gōng dì dào
  1. 1 absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
天道酬勤
tiān dào chóu qín
  1. 1 Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
孔武有力
kǒng wǔ yǒu lì
  1. 1 courageous and strong (idiom)
  2. 2 Herculean (physique etc)

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