到 dào

1. dào verb to arrive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used as a full verb in this sense (Guoyu '到' v 1; Unihan '到')
2. dào preposition arrive / receive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Often used after a verb, such as 听, as a complement of result to indicate that something has occurred or reached a certain state (Norman 1988, p. 131). For example, 我听到了 'I heard that.'
3. dào verb to go
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 去 (Guoyu '到' v 2)
4. dào adjective careful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 周密 (Guoyu '到' a 1)
5. dào proper noun Dao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '到' n 1)

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• 从里到外(從裡到外) from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
• 得到 to get / to obtain
• 到手软(到手軟) (do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
• 话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
• 到案 to make an appearance in court
• 面面俱到 to take care of everything
• 事到临头(事到臨頭) when things come to a head
• 饭后百步走，活到九十九(飯後百步走，活到九十九) walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life
• 具体到(具體到) to embody into / to apply to / to take the shape of / specific to
• 到_为止_(到_為止_) up to
• 说曹操曹操就到(說曹操曹操就到) speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / speak of the devil and he doth appear
• 闻到(聞到) to smell / to sniff something out / to perceive by smelling
• 端到端加密 end-to-end encryption
• 车到山前必有路(車到山前必有路) When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. / Everything will turn out for the best. / Let's worry about it when it happens. / It will be all right on the night.
• 包产到户(包產到戶) fixing of farm output quotas for each household
• 料到 to foresee / to anticipate
• 善有善报，恶有恶报，若然不报时晨未到(善有善報，惡有惡報，若然不報時晨未到) Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time
• 直到现在(直到現在) even now / until now / right up to the present
• 捧到天上 to hold up to the skies / to praise lavishly
• 找得到 can find
• 意想不到 unexpected / unimagined
• 办不到(辦不到) impossible / can't be done / no can do / unable to accomplish
• 一天到晚 all day long / the whole day
• 感觉到(感覺到) to feel / to sense / to detect / to perceive / to become aware
• 联产到劳(聯產到勞) to pay somebody according to their productivity
• 初来乍到(初來乍到) to be a newcomer
• 时辰未到(時辰未到) the time has not yet come
• 点到即止(點到即止) to touch on something and leave it there / to take care not to overdo sth
• 车到山前自有路(車到山前自有路) When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. / Everything will turn out for the best. / Let's worry about it when it happens. / It will be all right on the night.
• 遭到 to suffer / to meet with something unfortunate
• 听不到(聽不到) can't hear
• 送货到家(送貨到家) home delivery
• 大限到来(大限到來) to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
• 骂到臭头(罵到臭頭) to chew somebody out
• 做到 to accomplish / to achieve
• 牵涉到(牽涉到) to involve / to drag in
• 一年到头(一年到頭) all year round
• 不到长城非好汉(不到長城非好漢) we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
• 一步到位(一步到位) to settle a matter in one go ; to settle a matter in one go
• 独到(獨到) original
• 回到 to return to
• 话到嘴边(話到嘴邊) to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
• 拼到底 to brave it out / to the bitter end
• 到时(到時) at that (future) time
• 门到门(門到門) door to door
• 涨到(漲到) to go up / to rise
• 到现在(到現在) up until now / to date
• 说到做到(說到做到) to be as good as one's word / to keep one's promise
• 马到成功(馬到成功) to win instant success
• 不到黄河心不死(不到黃河心不死) not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River / to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left

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Truncated for common words

• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 45
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 43
• 第四十八回 Chapter 48 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 43
• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 38
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 36
• 第二十八回 Chapter 28 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 34
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 34
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 34

Collocations

• 未到 (未到) 未到 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《呂太后本紀》Annals of Empress Dowager Lü — count: 5
• 令到 (令到) 令到出臨三日 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 3
• 书到 (書到) 書到 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十六 執贄第七十二 山川頌第七十三 求雨第七十四 止雨第七十五 祭義第七十六 循天之道第七十七　Scroll 16 — count: 3
• 民到 (民到) 民到于今受其賜 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 14. 《憲問》 Xian Wen — count: 3
• 到华阴 (到華陰) 南到華陰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 2
• 兵到 (兵到) 兵到大梁 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏世家》 House of Wei — count: 2
• 传到 (傳到) 到傳到城止 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 雜守 Book 15 - Miscellaneous Measures in Defense — count: 2
• 到彭城 (到彭城) 到彭城 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States — count: 2
• 到新安 (到新安) 到新安 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 2
• 到丰 (到豐) 到豐西澤中 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 2