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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• 可得到 available
• 手到擒来(手到擒來) stretch a hand and grab it; very easy
• 到此 when at this point
• 卡到阴(卡到陰) to be possessed; to be bewitched
• 报到(報到) to report for duty; to check in; to register
• 感到 to feel; to sense
• 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.
• 达不到(達不到) cannot achieve; cannot reach
• 大限到来(大限到來) to die; one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
• 从里到外(從裡到外) from the inside to the outside; through and through; thoroughly
• 土到不行 old-fashioned; extremely kitsch
• 水到渠成 where water flows a channel will form
• 一条道走到黑(一條道走到黑) to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
• 见到(見到) to see
• 涨到(漲到) to go up; to rise
• 不到长城非好汉(不到長城非好漢) we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
• 恰到好处(恰到好處) to arrive at a good place; just right
• 讲到(講到) to talk about sth
• 新来乍到(新來乍到) newly arrived
• 到期收益率 yield to maturity (YTM)
• 得不到 cannot get; cannot obtain
• 到岸价(到岸價) cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation)
• 强辩到底(強辯到底) to argue endlessly; to try to have the last word
• 船到码头，车到站(船到碼頭，車到站) The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.; The job is over, it's time to relax.
• 手到拈来(手到拈來) to stretch a hand and grab it; easy to do
• 独到(獨到) original
• 受到 to receive; to suffer; to obtain
• 到达(到達) to reach; to arrive
• 接到 to receive
• 提到 to mention; to raise [a subject]
• 到头来(到頭來) in the end; finally; as a result
• 牵涉到(牽涉到) to involve; to drag in
• 到手 to take possession of; to get hold of
• 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
• 迟到(遲到) to arrive late
• 秤到准(秤到準) to weigh accurately
• 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
• 事到今日 under the circumstances; the matter having come to that point
• 做到 to accomplish; to achieve
• 坚持到底(堅持到底) to persist until the end
• 也好不到哪里去(也好不到哪裡去) just as bad; not much better
• 不到 unexpectedly ; unlikely ; not reaching; insufficient
• 到处可见(到處可見) ubiquitous; commonplace; found everywhere
• 意想不到 unexpected; unimagined
• 死到临头(死到臨頭) Death is near at hand.
• 听到(聽到) to hear
• 老到 experienced and careful
• 到来(到來) to arrive
• 谈到(談到) to refer to; to speak about; to talk about
• 直到 until

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• 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
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 34
• 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 34
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 到城 (到城) 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
• 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