原道
yuán​dào

the original way

yuán​dào the original way
  1. 原 yuán adjective
    original
    (bound form) original; primary; former
  2. 道 dào verb
    principle
    (bound form) way; reason; principle; truth; logic; morality

yuán​dào Yuan Dao
  1. 原 yuán
    to trace
    (literary) to trace back to a source; to investigate the root cause
  2. 道 dào verb
    principle
    (bound form) way; reason; principle; truth; logic; morality

yuán​dào originally thought
  1. 原 yuán adverb
    originally
    (adverb) originally; as it turns out; at first
  2. 道 dào
    to think
    to think; to suppose; to reckon