道理

Chinese

		direction; way; method 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 to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (道理)		道	理
simp. #(道理)		道	理

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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 zhè zhǒng dàolǐ, dào le xiànzài, tāmen yě gāi zǎoyǐ dǒngdé [Pinyin]

     Actually, they should already understand this kind of argument by now

2. principle; rule; truth; philosophy

   人生道理  ―  rénshēng dàolǐ  ―  philosophies of life

   道理無窮，學者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, trad.]
   道理无穷，学者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yàobudé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]

   Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.

3. the right way (to do something)

Synonyms

• (way):

(deprecated template usage)

• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道理):

• → Japanese: 道理(どうり) (dōri)
• → Korean: 도리(道理) (dori)
• → Vietnamese: đạo lí (道理)

Related terms

• 情理 (qínglǐ)
• 原理 (yuánlǐ)
• 真諦／真谛 (zhēndì)
• 真理 (zhēnlǐ)

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Japanese

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

Noun

道(どう)理(り) • (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.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
道	理

Noun

道理 • (dori) (hangeul 도리)

1. hanja form^? of 도리 (“duty; way, method, means”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
道	理

Noun

道理

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