世道
shì dào
Pinyin
Definition
世道
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- the ways of the world
- the morals of the time
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一生一世
- 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一语道破
- 1 one word says it all (idiom)
- 2 to hit the nail on the head
- 3 to be pithy and correct
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
世上无难事,只怕有心人
- 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
- 2 persistence will overcome