地地道道
dì dì dào dào
Pinyin

Definition

地地道道
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dì dì dào dào
  1. thoroughgoing
  2. authentic
  3. 100%
  4. to the core

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground
Nèi dì
  1. 1 mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)
  2. 2 Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
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
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
yuán dì
  1. 1 (in) the original place
  2. 2 the place where one currently is
  3. 3 place of origin
  4. 4 local (product)
tóng dào
  1. 1 same principle
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
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
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
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
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)
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人杰地灵
rén jié dì líng
  1. 1 illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
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
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
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

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