小道 xiǎo dào
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xiǎo dào
set phrase
bypath; trail
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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xiǎo dào
set phrase
bribery as a means of achieving a goal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '小道') -
xiǎo dào
set phrase
minor arts
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman (CC-CEDICT '小道')
Contained in
- 小道新闻(小道新聞) news from the grapevine
- 羊肠小道(羊腸小道) road as twisty as sheep's intestine; narrow and winding road; complicated and tricky job
- 小道具 (theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
- 小道消息 hearsay; gossip
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 29 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
- 第三十回 Chapter 30 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
- 第四十二回 Chapter 42 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第四十四回 Chapter 44 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 《子張第十九》 Commentary on Zi Zhang XIX Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
- 正論篇第十八 Chapter 18: Discussion on Proper Judgements Xunzi 荀子 — count: 2
Collocations
- 小道士 (小道士) 小道士們 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十五回 Chapter 25 — count: 16
- 一个小道 (一個小道) 原來那東廊下有一個小道士才睡下 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第四十四回 Chapter 44 — count: 4
- 不可以小道 (不可以小道) 不可以小道得也 — Xunzi 荀子, 正論篇第十八 Chapter 18: Discussion on Proper Judgements — count: 4
- 小道大 (小道大) 小道大淫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 小道不知 (小道不知) 小道不知 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十三回 Chapter 73 — count: 2
- 小道治 (小道治) 不可以小道治 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五 帝紀第五 孝懷帝 孝愍帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Huai; Emperor Min — count: 2
- 小道童 (小道童) 小道童胡廝罵 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 2
- 辞赋小道 (辭賦小道) 辭賦小道 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao — count: 2
- 曰小道 (曰小道) 曰小道也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
- 小道不通 (小道不通) 小道不通 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十 宣元六王傳 Volume 80: The six sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan — count: 2