Results for “道”

lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom)

lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society

If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Hán Yù]). / We should learn from one who knows the way.

Taoist devotee (honorific)

costume

to congratulate

authentic / original

Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pú tí dào chǎng]

Daoist nun

mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom) / learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas / ars longa, vita brevis

railroad switch

ethical dilemma

Daoist

vice / immorality / moral turpitude

moral bankruptcy / moral degeneracy

to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc) / to lay a guilt trip on sb

one's perspective on morality

moral cognition / ethical awareness

moral high ground

curb

spoken lines in opera

to expose / to reveal

(railway) ballast

(neologism, attested by 2017) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright (cf. 佛系[fó xì])

Confucian orthodoxy

(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit 道|道[dào]), aka taotai and circuit intendant

Daoist scripture

skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dào hang]

Taoist robe / traditional men's gown

Daoist temple

sanctimonious / dignified

road construction

Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)

martial arts studio / dojo

(saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil / no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises

More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).

(lit.) when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / (fig.) when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit

to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course

one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct

(bird species of China) meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)