到位
dào wèi
Pinyin

Definition

到位
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dào wèi
  1. to get to the intended location
  2. to be in place
  3. to be in position
  4. precise
  5. well (done)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

到
dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than
位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是有点不实际，我付钱的时候也有点后悔了。亏大了，我买的还是个假货。哼，都怪苹果公司推广不到位，打假不到位，害我花了冤枉钱。
shì yǒudiǎn bù shíjì ，wǒ fùqián de shíhou yě yǒudiǎn hòuhuǐ le 。kuīdà le ，wǒ mǎi de háishi ge jiǎhuò 。hēng ，dōu guài Píngguǒ gōngsī tuīguǎng bù dàowèi ，dǎjiǎ bù dàowèi ，hài wǒ huā le yuānwang qián 。
It is a little bit impractical. I felt a little regret when I was buying it. I took a bath on this one. And I bought a fake. Agh, I blame Apple for not promoting their products well, and for not cracking down on piracy. I ended up wasting money.
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导演布拉德.伯德的确名不虚传。网上说为了制作《美食总动员》，皮克斯公司专门养了不少老鼠来记录老鼠的每一个动态。甚至收集吃剩的苹果，来观察苹果核随着时间而发生的变化。凭着这种精神，《美食总动员》里的每一个细节都做得十分到位。
dǎoyǎn Bùlādé . bódé díquè míngbùxūchuán 。wǎngshàng shuō wéile zhìzuò 《Měishízǒngdòngyuán 》，píkèsī gōngsī zhuānmén yǎng le bùshǎo lǎoshǔ lái jìlù lǎoshǔ de měiyīge dòngtài 。shènzhì shōují chī shèng de píngguǒ ，lái guānchá píngguǒhé suízhe shíjiān ér fāshēng de biànhuà 。píngzhe zhèzhǒng jīngshén ，《Měishízǒngdòngyuán 》lǐ de měiyīge xìjié dōu zuò de shífēn dàowèi 。
The director Brad Bird really deserves his fame. On the Internet they said that just to make ''Ratatouille," PIXAR specially a bunch of rats and recorded their every move. They even collected apple peels and observed them to see the changes that would happen to them over time. In that spirit, every detail in ''Ratatouille" is done extremely well.
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我们只是代购而已。不过，根据保险协议，我们的服务会更到位。
wǒmen zhǐshì dàigòu éryǐ 。bùguò ，gēnjù bǎoxiǎn xiéyì ，wǒmen de fúwù huì gèng dàowèi 。
We just have purchasing services and that's it. But according to the insurance agreement, our service will be even more thorough.
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教育子女就是一门大学问。总得把分寸拿捏到位。
jiàoyù zǐnǚ jiùshì yī mén dà xuéwèn 。zǒngděi bǎ fēncùn nániē dàowèi 。
Teaching children is a complicated topic. You always have to pin down what is appropriate.
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收益的话，肯定比办厂要好很多。手续什么的，有中间人处理。只要钱到位了，接下来的一切都不用操心。他们还负责帮你找出租的对象，像我的那两套房，买下来后没几天就租出去了。李老板有没有兴趣？下个月有一个温哥华别墅看房团，半旅游半看房的那种，一起去吧。
shōuyì dehuà ，kěndìng bǐ bàn chǎng yào hǎo hěn duō 。shǒuxù shénme de ，yǒu zhōngjiānrén chǔlǐ 。zhǐyào qián dàowèi le ，jiē xiàlái de yīqiè dōu bùyòng cāoxīn 。tāmen hái fùzé bāng nǐ zhǎo chūzū de duìxiàng ，xiàng wǒ de nà liǎng tào fáng ，mǎi xiàlái hòu méi jǐ tiān jiù zū chūqù le 。Lǐ lǎobǎn yǒumeiyǒu xìngqù ？xià ge yuè yǒu yī ge Wēngēhuá biéshù kànfángtuán ，bàn lǚyóu bàn kànfáng de nà zhǒng ，yīqǐ qù ba 。
In terms of profit, it's definitely a lot better than managing a factory. There are middlemen who take care of the procedures and such. As long as the money makes it into their hands, there's no need to worry about the rest. They also help you find tenants. Take my two condos: after I bought them, no more than a few days passed before they were rented out. Are you interested? There's an organized group visiting villas in Vancouver next month. It'll be half travel and half checking out properties. Let's go together.
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不错不错，表情很到位。这样，晚上在国际饭店有庆功宴，庆祝我们这部剧顺利杀青。
bùcuò bùcuò ，biǎoqíng hěn dàowèi 。zhèyàng ，wǎnshang zài Guójì fàndiàn yǒu qìnggōngyàn ，qìngzhù wǒmen zhè bù jù shùnlì shāqīng 。
Not bad, not bad. You really fit the role. So, tonight we're having a celebration party at an international hotel to celebrate wrapping everything up smoothly.
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对，跟群头说一下，让他把群众演员组织一下。洒水车到位了没有？
duì ，gēn qúntóu shuō yīxià ，ràng tā bǎ qúnzhòng yǎnyuán zǔzhī yīxià 。sǎshuǐchē dàowèi le méiyǒu ？
That's right. Talk to the extras organizer. Tell him to get the extras in order. Is the rain trolley in position yet?
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到位了！
dàowèi le ！
In position!
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不是，我们是喜欢会撒娇的女人。撒娇不到位没用，过头了又让人烦。只有恰到好处，才能达到效果。不过我一直都想问，撒娇是你们女人天生就会的还是后天磨练出来的？
bùshì ，wǒ men shì xǐhuan huì sājiāo de nǚrén 。sājiāo bù dàowèi méi yòng ，guòtóu le yòu ràngrén fán 。zhǐyǒu qiàdàohǎochù ，cáinéng dádào xiàoguǒ 。bùguò wǒ yīzhí dōu xiǎng wèn ，sājiāo shì nǐ men nǚrén tiānshēng jiù huì de hái shì hòutiān móliàn chūlai de ？
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