tóu​tóu​shì​dào HSK7

clear and logical

  • created sense approved 头头是道/頭頭是道 · tóu​tóu​shì​dào · clear and logical — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    头头是道 / 頭頭是道

    tóu​tóu​shì​dào

    clear and logical

    orderly and persuasive in speech or argument

    头头 (reduplication) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · principle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 头头是道/頭頭是道 · tóu​tóu​shì​dào · methodical — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    头头是道 / 頭頭是道

    tóu​tóu​shì​dào

    methodical

    organized and systematic in doing things

    头头 (reduplication) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · principle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 头头是道/頭頭是道 · tóu​tóu​shì​dào · the Way is everywhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    头头是道 / 頭頭是道

    tóu​tóu​shì​dào

    the Way is everywhere

    (of Buddhism) the idea that the Tao (the Way) is omnipresent in all things

    头头 (reduplication) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 道 (literal) → 道 · dào · Daoism

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense