有道是
yǒu dào shì
Pinyin
Definition
有道是
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- as they say, ...
- as the saying goes, ...
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
一是一,二是二
- 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
- 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
- 3 unequivocal
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
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
一身是胆
- 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
- 2 intrepid