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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• 办不到(辦不到) impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish
• 到不行 extremely; incredibly
• 时辰未到(時辰未到) the time has not yet come
• 到点(到點) the time has come
• 及到 as soon as
• 牵涉到(牽涉到) to involve; to drag in
• 到齐(到齊) to be all present
• 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.
• 不问就听不到假话(不問就聽不到假話) Don't ask and you won't be told any lies.
• 到手软(到手軟) (do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
• 错误思想到处泛滥(錯誤思想到處泛濫) wrong ideas spreading unchecked everywhere
• 事到如今 as matters stand; things having reached this stage
• 遭到 to suffer; to meet with something unfortunate
• 迟到(遲到) to arrive late
• 从里到外(從裡到外) from the inside to the outside; through and through; thoroughly
• 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
• 碰到 to meet; encounter
• 新来乍到(新來乍到) newly arrived
• 意识到(意識到) to become conscious of
• 到家 perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree
• 不到 unexpectedly ; unlikely ; not reaching; insufficient
• 一年到头(一年到頭) all year round
• 到处(到處) everywhere
• 具体到(具體到) to embody into; to apply to; to take the shape of; specific to
• 到岸价(到岸價) cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation)
• 说到做到(說到做到) to be as good as one's word; to keep one's promise
• 先来后到(先來後到) in order of arrival; first come, first served
• 梦到(夢到) to dream of; to dream about
• 活到老，学到老(活到老，學到老) One is never too old to learn.
• 涨到(漲到) to go up; to rise
• 到此 when at this point
• 所到之处(所到之處) wherever one goes
• 做不到 impossible
• 讲到(講到) to talk about sth
• 面面俱到 to take care of everything
• 意想不到 unexpected; unimagined
• 想到 to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
• 话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
• 白头到老(白頭到老) (to live together until the) white hairs of old age; to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
• 达不到(達不到) cannot achieve; cannot reach
• 话到嘴边(話到嘴邊) to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
• 打破砂锅问到底(打破砂鍋問到底) to go to the bottom of things
• 到底 finally; in the end
• 签不到字(簽不到字) not authorized to sign
• 不到火候不揭锅(不到火候不揭鍋) don't act until the time is ripe
• 到现在(到現在) up until now; to date
• 联产到劳(聯產到勞) to pay somebody according to their productivity
• 门到门(門到門) door to door
• 来到(來到) to come; to arrive
• 点到即止(點到即止) to touch on something and leave it there; to take care not to overdo sth

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• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 45
• 第四十八回 Chapter 48 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 43
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 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
• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
• 第二十八回 Chapter 28 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 34
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 34
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 The Scholars 儒林外史 — 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
• 民到 (民到) 民到于今受其賜 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 14. 《憲問》 Xian Wen — 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
• 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
• 到华阴 (到華陰) 南到華陰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 2
• 到耳顺 (到耳順) 到耳順止 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — 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
• 南到 (南到) 南到華陰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 2