14 classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
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
一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
1 one word says it all (idiom)
2 to hit the nail on the head
3 to be pithy and correct
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
1 no use to tell others
2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
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 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 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
1 to return good for evil (idiom)
2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨,以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
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 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
2 fig. to part ways
功德圆满
gōng dé yuán mǎn
1 virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
卑卑不足道
bēi bēi bù zú dào
1 to be too petty or insignificant to mention
2 to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
口碑载道
kǒu bēi zài dào
1 lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
2 universal approbation
同心同德
tóng xīn tóng dé
1 of one mind (idiom)
问道于盲
wèn dào yú máng
1 lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)
2 fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
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