公道
gōng dao
Pinyin

Definition

公道
 - 
gōng dào
  1. justice
  2. fairness
  3. public highway
公道
 - 
gōng dao
  1. fair
  2. equitable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 CL:家[jiā]
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
道
dào
  1. 1 road
  2. 2 path
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]
  4. 4 principle
  5. 5 truth
  6. 6 morality
  7. 7 reason
  8. 8 skill
  9. 9 method
  10. 10 Dao (of Daoism)
  11. 11 to say
  12. 12 to speak
  13. 13 to talk
  14. 14 classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  15. 15 (old) circuit (administrative division)
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
一道
yī dào
  1. 1 together
不公
bù gōng
  1. 1 unjust
  2. 2 unfair
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
主人公
zhǔ rén gōng
  1. 1 hero (of a novel or film)
  2. 2 main protagonist
人道
rén dào
  1. 1 human sympathy
  2. 2 humanitarianism
  3. 3 humane
  4. 4 the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
  5. 5 sexual intercourse
公
gōng
  1. 1 public
  2. 2 collectively owned
  3. 3 common
  4. 4 international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. 5 make public
  6. 6 fair
  7. 7 just
  8. 8 Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  9. 9 honorable (gentlemen)
  10. 10 father-in-law
  11. 11 male (animal)
公主
gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
公交
gōng jiāo
  1. 1 public transportation
  2. 2 mass transit
  3. 3 abbr. for 公共交通[gōng gòng jiāo tōng]
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 CL:輛|辆[liàng]
公仔
gōng zǎi
  1. 1 doll
  2. 2 cuddly toy
公布
gōng bù
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to publish
公元
gōng yuán
  1. 1 CE (Common Era)
  2. 2 Christian Era
  3. 3 AD (Anno Domini)
公公
gōng gong
  1. 1 husband's father
  2. 2 grandpa
  3. 3 eunuch
公共
gōng gòng
  1. 1 public
  2. 2 common
  3. 3 communal

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公之于众
gōng zhī yú zhòng
  1. 1 to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
  2. 2 to let the world know
公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn
  1. 1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
公诸于世
gōng zhū yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
  1. 1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to part ways
克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
卑卑不足道
bēi bēi bù zú dào
  1. 1 to be too petty or insignificant to mention
  2. 2 to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
口碑载道
kǒu bēi zài dào
  1. 1 lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
  2. 2 universal approbation

Sample Sentences

公道杯
gōng dào bēi
The "fair share cup"
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各位听众朋友好，欢迎再次来到“讨回公道”单元，我是郝正义，先来接听第一通电话。
gèwèi tīngzhòngpéngyou hǎo ，huānyíng zàicì láidào “tǎohuí gōngdao ”dānyuán ，wǒ shì Hǎo Zhèngyì ，xiān lái jiētīng dì yī tōng diànhuà 。
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our 'Justice Served' program. I'm Hao Zhengyi, let's take our first call.
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挺好的。质量有保证，价钱又公道，而且送货快，售后服务也不错。
tǐng hǎo de 。zhìliàng yǒu bǎozhèng ，jiàqian yòu gōngdao ，érqiě sònghuò kuài ，shòuhòu fúwù yě bùcuò 。
Quite good. Their quality is garanteed. Their prices are fair and they delivery is fast. Their after-sale service is also pretty good.
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你挺内行的，经常买吧。以后找我，货又多又新，而且价钱公道。
nǐ tǐng nèiháng de ，jīngcháng mǎi ba 。yǐhòu zhǎo wǒ ，huò yòu duō yòu xīn ，érqiě jiàqian gōngdao 。
You're quite the expert. Come buy often, and look for me. I've got a lot of new stuff, and the price is decent.
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