道士
dào shì
Pinyin

Definition

道士
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dào shì
  1. Daoist priest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
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
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
人士
rén shì
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 figure
  3. 3 public figure
人道
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
公道
gōng dào
  1. 1 justice
  2. 2 fairness
  3. 3 public highway
出道
chū dào
  1. 1 to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. 2 to start one's career
勇士
yǒng shì
  1. 1 a warrior
  2. 2 a brave person
北海道
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
博士
bó shì
  1. 1 doctor
  2. 2 court academician (in feudal China)
  3. 3 Ph.D.
厚道
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
同道
tóng dào
  1. 1 same principle
问道
wèn dào
  1. 1 to ask the way
  2. 2 to ask
喊道
hǎn dào
  1. 1 to yell
国道
guó dào
  1. 1 national highway
地道
dì dào
  1. 1 tunnel
  2. 2 causeway
报道
bào dào
  1. 1 to report (news)
  2. 2 report
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn]
士
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi

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
安贫乐道
ān pín lè dào
  1. 1 to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)

Sample Sentences

小时候提到僵尸，都跟怪力乱神的事连在一起，什么道士作法啊、符箓、鬼怪等等，现在提到僵尸，似乎都跟病毒、传染病、疫苗、世界末日什么的连在一起了。
xiǎo shíhou tídào jiāngshī ，dōu gēn guài lì luàn shén de shì liánzàiyīqǐ ，shénme dàoshi zuò fǎ ā 、fúlù 、guǐguài děngdeng ，xiànzài tídào jiāngshī ，sìhu dōu gēn bìngdú 、chuánrǎnbìng 、yìmiáo 、shìjièmòrì shénme de lián zài yīqǐ le 。
Whenever people would bring up zombies and magical forces when I was little, it was always to do with Taoist spells, curses, ghosts and monsters, but now when people talk of zombies, it is associated more with viruses, infections, vaccines and stuff like the apocalypse.
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是啊！中国僵尸片的内容主要是从乡野奇谈来的，据说起源是”湘西赶尸”，是一种运送尸体回老家安葬的方式，贴上符箓，就是道士指挥尸体的办法。
shì a ！Zhōngguó jiāngshī piàn de nèiróng zhǔyào shì cóng xiāngyě qítán lái de ，jùshuō qǐyuán shì ”xiāngxīgǎnshī ”，shì yīzhǒng yùnsòng shītǐ huí lǎojiā ān zàng de fāngshì ，tiēshàng fúlù ，jiùshì dàoshi zhǐhuī shītǐ de bànfǎ 。
Really! Most Chinese zombie movies are from folk tales, I heard that the story originated in the practice of sending corpses back home to be buried in Xiangxi, and that the curse placed on the corpse by a Taoist monk was to direct it on its way.
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你刚刚说到道士，那道教里有尼姑吗？
nǐ gānggāng shuōdào dàoshi ，nà Dàojiào lǐ yǒu nígū ma ？
Just now you mentioned Taoist priests. Does Taoism also have nuns?
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那个不是和尚，是道士。道教和佛教是两回事。
nàge bù shì héshang ，shì dàoshi 。Dàojiào hé Fójiào shì liǎnghuíshì 。
That's not a monk. That's a Taoist priest. Taoism and Buddhism are two different things.
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