道教
Dào jiào
Pinyin

Definition

道教
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Dào jiào
  1. Taoism
  2. Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)

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]
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
一道
yī dào
  1. 1 together
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
人道
rén dào
  1. 1 human sympathy
  2. 2 humanitarianism
  3. 3 humane
  4. 4 the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
  5. 5 sexual intercourse
佛教
Fó jiào
  1. 1 Buddhism
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
宗教
zōng jiào
  1. 1 religion
家教
jiā jiào
  1. 1 family education
  2. 2 upbringing
  3. 3 to bring sb up
  4. 4 private tutor

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
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
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
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

我是美国人，我的中文名字是何思哲。我大学一毕业就来中国了。先去了一个小城市，一边教英文一边学中文。我去过很多地方，还在少林寺学过半年功夫。我对老子和道教很感兴趣。我了解一些中国的潜规则，譬如要在饭桌上谈生意......
wǒ shì Měiguó rén ，wǒ de Zhōngwén míngzi shì Hé Sīzhé 。wǒ dàxué yī bìyè jiù lái Zhōngguó le 。xiān qù le yī gè xiǎo chéngshì ，yībiān jiāo Yīngwén yībiān xué Zhōngwén 。wǒ qù guo hěn duō dìfang ，hái zài Shàolínsì xué guo bàn nián gōngfu 。wǒ duì Lǎozǐ hé Dàojiào hěn gǎn xìngqù 。wǒ liǎojiě yīxiē Zhōngguó de qiánguīzé ，pìrú yào zài fànzhuō shàng tán shēngyì ......
I'm an American. My Chinese name is He Sizhe. I came to China right after graduating from university. At first, I went to a small city and taught English while studying Chinese. I've been to many different places and I also studied kung-fu at a Shaolin temple for 6 months. I'm really interested in Lao-Tzu and Taoism. I understand a bit about the unspoken rules of Chinese culture. For example, you have to talk business at the dinner table...
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这个老外中文真好。还知道道教和老子。
zhè ge lǎowài Zhōngwén zhēn hǎo 。hái zhīdào Dàojiào hé Lǎozǐ 。
This foreigner's Chinese really is good. He's even familiar with Taoism and Lao-Tzu.
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什么道教名山，没意思。我想去迪斯尼。
shénme Dàojiào míngshān ，méi yìsi 。wǒ xiǎng qù Dísīní 。
Famous Taoist mountains? That's so boring. I want to go to Disneyland.
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去年看了佛教名山，今年要不去感受一下道教，比如湖北的武当山，四大道教名山之首。
qùnián kàn le fójiào míngshān ，jīnniān yàobu qù gǎnshòu yīxià Dàojiào ，bǐrú Húběi de Wǔdāngshān ，sìdà Dàojiào míngshān zhī shǒu 。
Last year we saw the famous Buddhist mountains. How about this year we experience a bit of Taoism? For example, Wudang Mountain in Hubei; the principle mountain of the four Taoist mountains.
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我觉得现在信道教的人好像不是很多，中国还是佛教徒多。
wǒ juéde xiànzài xìn Dàojiāo de rén hǎoxiàng bù shì hěn duō ，Zhōngguó háishi fójiàotú duō 。
I think nowadays there aren't so many followers of Taoism. In China there are more Buddhists.
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你刚刚说到道士，那道教里有尼姑吗？
nǐ gānggāng shuōdào dàoshi ，nà Dàojiào lǐ yǒu nígū ma ？
Just now you mentioned Taoist priests. Does Taoism also have nuns?
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道”就是宇宙万物的本原。道教认为人的生命由元气组成，肉体是精神的载体。人通过修炼身体可以成仙，所以他们特别重视养生。
dào ”jiùshì yǔzhòu wànwù de běnyuán 。Dàojiào rènwéi rén de shēngmìng yóu yuánqì zǔchéng ，ròutǐ shì jīngshén de zàitǐ 。rén tōngguò xiūliàn shēntǐ kěyǐ chéngxiān ，suǒyǐ tāmen tèbié zhòngshì yǎngshēng 。
``The way" is the philosophical principle of all things in the universe. Taoism holds that human life is composed of a vital energy, and that the physical body is a vehicle for that energy. Through ascetic practices, people can become immortals, so they especially value the cultivation of long life.
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这个说来话长。我简单地跟你说一下吧。 道教是中国土生土长的宗教。以“道”为最高信仰。
zhège shuōláihuàcháng 。wǒ jiǎndān de gēn nǐ shuō yīxià ba 。 Dàojiào shì Zhōngguó tǔshēngtǔzhǎng de zōngjiào 。yǐ “dào ”wéi zuì gāo xìnyǎng 。
There's a lot to say on that. I'll tell you simply. Taoism is a religion indigenous to China. Its highest article of faith is ``the way."
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那个不是和尚，是道士。道教和佛教是两回事。
nàge bù shì héshang ，shì dàoshi 。Dàojiào hé Fójiào shì liǎnghuíshì 。
That's not a monk. That's a Taoist priest. Taoism and Buddhism are two different things.
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