传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
Pinyin

Definition

传道受业
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chuán dào shòu yè
  1. to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

享受
xiǎng shòu
  1. 1 to enjoy
  2. 2 to live it up
  3. 3 pleasure
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
受
shòu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to suffer
  4. 4 subjected to
  5. 5 to bear
  6. 6 to stand
  7. 7 pleasant
  8. 8 (passive marker)
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
接受
jiē shòu
  1. 1 to accept
  2. 2 to receive
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
难受
nán shòu
  1. 1 to feel unwell
  2. 2 to suffer pain
  3. 3 to be difficult to bear
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
备受
bèi shòu
  1. 1 to fully experience (good or bad)
出道
chū dào
  1. 1 to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. 2 to start one's career
北海道
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
厚道
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
受伤
shòu shāng
  1. 1 to sustain injuries
  2. 2 wounded (in an accident etc)
  3. 3 harmed
受到
shòu dào
  1. 1 to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
  2. 2 to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
受够
shòu gòu
  1. 1 to have had enough of
  2. 2 to be fed up with
  3. 3 to have had one's fill of
受益
shòu yì
  1. 1 to benefit from
  2. 2 profit
受罪
shòu zuì
  1. 1 to endure
  2. 2 to suffer
  3. 3 hardships
  4. 4 torments
  5. 5 a hard time
  6. 6 a nuisance
受苦
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
同道
tóng dào
  1. 1 same principle
问道
wèn dào
  1. 1 to ask the way
  2. 2 to ask
国道
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)
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)
家道中落
jiā dào zhōng luò
  1. 1 to come down in the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a reversal of fortune
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)

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