陶冶 - lit. to fire pots and smelt metal, fig. to educate - táo yě | Definition | ChinesePod.com

陶冶

táo yě

Pinyin

Definition

陶冶

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táo yě

lit. to fire pots and smelt metal
fig. to educate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

táo cí

1 pottery and porcelain
2 ceramics

táo zuì

1 to be infatuated with
2 to be drunk with
3 to be enchanted with
4 to revel in

yě

1 to smelt
2 to cast
3 seductive in appearance

Dà yě

1 Daye county level city in Huangshi 黃石|黄石[Huáng shí], Hubei

yāo yě

1 pretty and flirtatious

Idioms (2)

熏陶成性

xūn táo chéng xìng

1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
2 good habits come by long assimilation

狎妓冶游

xiá jì yě yóu

1 to be intimate with prostitutes and frequent brothels (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哇！听听你这番话，看来陶土还真是能陶冶性情，能把你这头猛兽都驯化了。

wā ！tīng tīng nǐ zhè fān huà ，kànlai táotǔ hái zhēnshi néng táoyě xìngqíng ，néng bǎ nǐ zhè tóu měngshòu dōu xùnhuà le 。

Wow! Listening to you, it really seems like pottery really can fire one’s temperament, to tame this wild beast.

是啊，有一段时间了，我觉得冥想能帮助我修养身心、陶冶性情使我建立了信心也提高了创造力。

shì a ，yǒu yī duàn shíjiān le ，wǒ juéde míngxiǎng néng bāngzhù wǒ xiūyǎng shēnxīn 、táoyě xìngqíng shǐ wǒ jiànlì le xìnxīn yě tígāo le chuàngzàolì 。

Yes, it's been a while. I feel that meditation helps me to train both my mind, body and temperament. It's allowed me to build my confidence as well as increased my creativity.