管道
guǎn dào
Pinyin

Definition

管道
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guǎn dào
  1. tubing
  2. pipeline
  3. (fig.) channel
  4. means

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不管
bù guǎn
  1. 1 not to be concerned
  2. 2 regardless of
  3. 3 no matter
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
一道
yī dào
  1. 1 together

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

Sample Sentences

当然是讲真的，先不说接不接地气，创办人陆学森本来就是以“改变城市能源使用模式”作为发想，这才选中了“机车”作为第一个表现这种能源使用模式的产品，就像itune改变了人们取得版权音乐的管道，也改变了人们听音乐的模式一样！
dāngrán shì jiǎng zhēnde ，xiān bù shuō jiē bù jiēdèqì ，chuàngbàn rén Lù Xuésēn běnlái jiùshì yǐ “gǎibiàn chéngshì néngyuán shǐyòng móshì ”zuòwéi fāxiǎng ，zhè cái xuǎn zhòng le “jīchē ”zuòwéi dì yī ge biǎoxiàn zhèzhǒng néngyuán shǐyòng móshì de chǎnpǐn ，jiù xiàng itune gǎibiàn le rénmen qǔdé bǎnquán yīnyuè de guǎndào ，yě gǎibiàn le rénmen tīng yīnyuè de móshì yīyàng ！
Of course I'm being serious. Putting practicality aside for a minute, the founder, Horace Luke, was inspired to think of it when contemplating changing energy-use models in cities. It was only for that reason that he chose scooters as the first product to showcase this battery-swapping network. Just like iTunes changed the channel through which people obtained licensed music and changed the way people listened to music!
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说到这个科举制度，那可说是以前穷书生要实现“治国”理想的唯一管道，不过当时的教育方式跟现在不一样，学生跟着老师研读思辨历史古籍，可不是背背书就行了的。
shuōdào zhè ge kējǔ zhìdù ，nà kě shuō shì yǐqián qióng shūsheng yào shíxiàn “zhìguó ”lǐxiǎng de wéiyī guǎndào ，bùguò dāngshí de jiàoyù fāngshì gēn xiànzài bù yīyàng ，xuésheng gēn zhe lǎoshī yándú sībiàn lìshǐ gǔjí ，kěbushì bèi bèi shū jiù xíng le de 。
Speaking of the imperial examination system, that was the only channel through which impoverished scholars could realize their ideals for governing the country. However, the education system at the time was different from the one today, the students had to study and debate on classical texts, it wasn't as easy as just learning the texts off by heart.
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两室一厅,厨房有煤气管道。
liǎng shì yī tīng ,chúfáng yǒu méiqìguǎndào 。
It is a two bedroom place with a living room and a gas powered kitchen.
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血液是在心脏和血管构成的管道中流动的。
xuèyè shì zài xīnzàng hé xuèguǎn gòuchéng de guǎndào zhōng liúdòng de 。
The heart and the blood vessels are the pipes that the blood flows through.
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那麻烦就大了。我有个朋友，风水师硬叫他把厕所安到原先的书房里。书房哪有管道啊，这不是瞎搞嘛？
nà máfan jiù dà le 。wǒ yǒu ge péngyou ，fēngshuǐshī yìng jiào tā bǎ cèsuǒ āndào yuánxiān de shūfáng lǐ 。shūfáng nǎyǒu guǎndào a ，zhè bù shì xiāgǎo ma ？
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