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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 小道
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 小道 | xiǎo dào | - bypath - trail - bribery as a means of achieving a goal - minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 14,662 | 22,623 | 20,827 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 道 | dào | - road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) - (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 etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - (old) circuit (administrative division) |
Other Words Containing 小道
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