小道
xiǎo dào
Pinyin

Definition

小道
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xiǎo dào
  1. bypath
  2. trail
  3. bribery as a means of achieving a goal
  4. minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小小
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time

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
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
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)

Sample Sentences

你哪儿得来的小道消息？我告诉你，只要不买奢侈品，被查到的机率很小，而且就算被查到了，也只是按标准交税。加上关税，算下来也比国内购买的价格划算。
nǐ nǎr délái de xiǎodào xiāoxi ？wǒ gàosu nǐ ，zhǐyào bù mǎi shēchǐpǐn ，bèi chá dào de jīlǜ hěn xiǎo ，érqiě jiùsuàn bèi chá dào le ，yě zhǐshì àn biāozhǔn jiāoshuì 。jiāshàng guānshuì ，suàn xiàlai yě bǐ guónèi gòumǎi de jiàgé huásuàn 。
Who's telling you this stuff? Listen, as long as you're not buying luxury goods, it's not likely that you'll get found out. Furthermore, even if you do get discovered, you'll only have to pay a standard duty. Even with the duty it's still more economical than buying domestic products.
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