同 道 者

tóng dào zhědictionary entry

like-minded person; person who shares the same ideals or goals; kindred spirit

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

同道者同道者 [tong2 dao4 zhe3] /like-minded person; person who shares the same ideals or goals; kindred spirit/

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同
tóng
like / same / similar / together / alike / with
tòng
used in 胡同[hú tòng] / used in 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]
道
dào
road; path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
者
zhě
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

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