茶道
chá dào
Pinyin

Definition

茶道
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chá dào
  1. Japanese tea ceremony
  2. sado

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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]
茶
chá
  1. 1 tea
  2. 2 tea plant
  3. 3 CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
公道
gōng dào
  1. 1 justice
  2. 2 fairness
  3. 3 public highway
出道
chū dào
  1. 1 to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. 2 to start one's career
北海道
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
厚道
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
同道
tóng dào
  1. 1 same principle
问道
wèn dào
  1. 1 to ask the way
  2. 2 to ask
喊道
hǎn dào
  1. 1 to yell
国道
guó dào
  1. 1 national highway
地道
dì dào
  1. 1 tunnel
  2. 2 causeway
报道
bào dào
  1. 1 to report (news)
  2. 2 report
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn]
大道
dà dào
  1. 1 main street
  2. 2 avenue
奶茶
nǎi chá
  1. 1 milk tea
小道
xiǎo dào
  1. 1 bypath
  2. 2 trail
  3. 3 bribery as a means of achieving a goal
  4. 4 minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
微不足道
wēi bù zú dào
  1. 1 negligible
  2. 2 insignificant
志同道合
zhì tóng dào hé
  1. 1 like-minded (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow enthusiast
  3. 3 kindred spirit
有道
yǒu dào
  1. 1 to have attained the Way
  2. 2 (of a government or a ruler) enlightened
  3. 3 wise and just

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
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (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)
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
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
坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
  1. 1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
天公地道
tiān gōng dì dào
  1. 1 absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
天道酬勤
tiān dào chóu qín
  1. 1 Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support
安贫乐道
ān pín lè dào
  1. 1 to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)
家道中落
jiā dào zhōng luò
  1. 1 to come down in the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a reversal of fortune
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)

Sample Sentences

过奖过奖啦，茶道本来就该与人分享才有意义，这茶文化里可蕴含了我们老祖宗几千年的智慧和修养啊。
guòjiǎng guòjiǎng la ，chádào běnlái jiù gāi yǔ rén fēnxiǎng cái yǒu yìyì ，zhè chá wénhuà lǐ kě yùnhán le wǒmen lǎo zǔzōng jǐ qiān nián de zhìhuì hé xiūyǎng ā 。
You're too kind, the art of tea is only meaningful when sharing with people. Tea culture holds several thousand years of the wisdom and cultivation of our forebearers.
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说的没错，可惜现在年轻人啊都热衷于西洋的咖啡，静不下心来去体悟茶道和茶艺的美好。
shuō de méicuò ，kěxī xiànzài niánqīngrén ā dōu rèzhōngyú xīyáng de kāfēi ，jìng bùxià xīn lái qù tǐwù chádào hé cháyì de měihǎo 。
That's right, it's a pity that young people these days are so passionate about Western coffee, and can't calm down enough to experience the beauty of tea ceremonies and the art of tea.
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