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道理

道理

Chinese

 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad.
(道理) 		道 理

Noun

道理

  1. reason; argument; logic
    其實這種道理，到了現在，他們也該早已懂得 [MSC, trad.]
    其实这种道理，到了现在，他们也该早已懂得 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 1918: Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary (狂人日記)
    Qíshí zhèi zhǒng dàolǐ dào le xiànzài, tāmén yě gāi zǎoyǐ dǒngde [Pinyin]
    Actually, they should already understand this kind of argument by now
  2. principle; rule; truth
  3. the right way (to do something)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道理):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道 理
どう
Grade: 2 		り
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

道理 ‎(hiragana どうり, romaji dōri)

  1. reason, logic, sense, principle
    彼 (かれ)の意見 (いけん)は道理 (どうり)に適 (かな)っていない。
    Kare no iken wa dōri ni kanatte inai.
    His opinion doesn't make sense.

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
道 理

Noun

道理 • ‎(dori) ‎(hangeul 도리)

  1. Hanja form? of 도리, “duty; way, method, means”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
道 理

Noun

道理

  1. Hán tự form of đạo lí, “moral code, principles, standards; moral philosophy”

Pronunciation

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