小道 xiǎodào bypath Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 小道 xiǎodào bypath noun A narrow path or trail. 我们沿着山间小道往上爬。 wǒmen yánzhe shānjiān xiǎodào wǎng shàng pá. We climbed up along a mountain path. bribery noun The use of improper means or back-channel methods to achieve a specific goal. 办事要走正道,不能靠走小道。 bànshì yào zǒu zhèngdào, bù néng kào zǒu xiǎodào. One should do things through the proper channels instead of taking underhanded paths. minor arts noun Confucian term for professions such as agriculture, medicine, or divination, regarded as inferior to the pursuit of statecraft and virtue. 在儒家看来,这些专业技艺只是小道。 zài Rújiā kànlai, zhèxiē zhuānyè jìyì zhǐshì xiǎodào. In the eyes of Confucians, these professional skills are merely minor arts. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.94 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.37 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
小道 xiǎodào bypath noun A narrow path or trail. 我们沿着山间小道往上爬。 wǒmen yánzhe shānjiān xiǎodào wǎng shàng pá. We climbed up along a mountain path. bribery noun The use of improper means or back-channel methods to achieve a specific goal. 办事要走正道,不能靠走小道。 bànshì yào zǒu zhèngdào, bù néng kào zǒu xiǎodào. One should do things through the proper channels instead of taking underhanded paths. minor arts noun Confucian term for professions such as agriculture, medicine, or divination, regarded as inferior to the pursuit of statecraft and virtue. 在儒家看来,这些专业技艺只是小道。 zài Rújiā kànlai, zhèxiē zhuānyè jìyì zhǐshì xiǎodào. In the eyes of Confucians, these professional skills are merely minor arts. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.94 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.37 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)