人道
rén dào
Pinyin

Definition

人道
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rén dào
  1. human sympathy
  2. humanitarianism
  3. humane
  4. the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
  5. sexual intercourse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
世人
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
丢人
diū rén
  1. 1 to lose face
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
主人
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor
乱世佳人
Luàn shì Jiā rén
  1. 1 Gone with the Wind (film)
人事
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
人人
rén rén
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 every person
人们
rén men
  1. 1 people
人儿
rén r5
  1. 1 figurine

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
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural

Sample Sentences

现在请大家进入烈士纪念馆参观。在这里大家可以阅读烈士们的生平事迹，瞻仰烈士的遗像遗物，看看烈士们的血衣和遗书，以及曾加在他们身上的那些惨无人道的刑具。
xiànzài qǐng dàjiā jìnrù lièshì jìniànguǎn cānguān 。zài zhèlǐ dàjiā kěyǐ yuèdú lièshìmen de shēngpíng shìjì ，zhānyǎng lièshì de yíxiàng yíwù ，kàn kan lièshìmen de xuèyī hé yíshū ，yǐjí céng jiā zài tāmen shēnshàng de nàxiē cǎnwúréndào de xíngjù 。
Now will everyone please enter the Martyr's Memorial. Here everyone can read about the lives of the martyrs, look at their portraits and see their blood stained clothing and writings. One can also see the inhumane instruments of torture used on them.
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古代的刑罚是相当发达的。我们今天看到的刑具只是其中一小部分。像“五马分尸”“千刀万剐”“宫刑”这类酷刑更是惨无人道，骇人听闻。
gǔdài de xíngfá shì xiāngdāng fādá de 。wǒmen jīntiān kàndào de xíngjù zhǐshì qízhōng yì xiǎo bùfen 。xiàng “wǔmǎfēnshī ”“qiāndāowànguǎ ”“gōngxíng ”zhèlèi kùxíng gèng shì cǎnwúréndào ，hàiréntīngwén 。
Punishments in antiquity were very advanced. The torture devices we've seen today are a few of them. Punishments like being drawn and quartered, being hacked apart by knives or castration were even more appalling and brutal.
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是啊，电视上那些人道多了。
shì a ，diànshì shang nàxiē réndào duō le 。
Yeah. The ones on TV are more humane.
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我不吃。我看国家应该立法，禁止这种不人道的行为，还要重罚这样的餐馆和吃客。
wǒ bù chī 。wǒ kàn guójiā yīnggāi lìfǎ ，jìnzhǐ zhèzhǒng bù réndào de xíngwéi ，hái yào zhòngfá zhèyàng de cānguǎn hé chīkè 。
I'm not going to eat it. I think the country should immediately make a law to prohibit this kid of inhumane behavior. They should heavily fine this kind of restaurant, and the customers.
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我们不能用这种报复的观念去看问题。所有的生命都是宝贵的，死刑违反人道主义原则。
wǒmen bùnéng yòng zhèzhǒng bàofù de guānniàn qù kàn wèntí 。suǒyǒu de shēngmìng dōu shì bǎoguì de ，sǐxíng wéifǎn réndàozhǔyì yuánzé 。
We can't look at this problem using that kind of a concept of retaliation. All life is precious--the death penalty violates the principles of humanitarianism.
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其实非典以后，人们都谈虎色变，野味市场受到很大冲击。以前广东野味饭店遍地开花。这次我去，饭店是偷偷摸摸卖给我们的。而且，现在广东人的饮食观念也有了很大的转变。好多人也觉得吃野味是非法，非人道，而且不健康的行为，并不像以前那样盲目地认为吃野味很补。
qíshí fēidiǎn yǐhòu ，rénmen dōu tánhǔsèbiàn ，yěwèi shìchǎng shòudào hěn dà chōngjī 。yǐqián Guǎngdōng wèi fàndiàn biàndìkāihuā 。zhècì wǒ qù ，fàndiàn shì tōutōumōmō mài gěi wǒmen de 。érqiě ，xiànzài guǎngdōngrén de yǐnshí guānniàn yě yǒu le hěn dà de zhuǎnbiàn 。hǎo duō rén yě juéde chī yěwèi shì fēifǎ ，fēi réndào ，érqiě bù jiànkāng de xíngwéi ，bìngbù xiàng yǐqián nàyàng mángmù de rènwéi chī yěwèi hěn bǔ 。
Actually, after SARS, people were really skittish about this stuff, and the market for game was badly affected. It used to be that game restaurants were all over in Guangdong. On this visit, the restaurant sneakily sold the stuff to us. And what's more, Cantonese people's ideas about their diet have really changed a lot. A lot of people think that eating game is illegal, inhumane and unhealthy. It's not at all like in the past, where people blindly assumed that eating game was very nutritious.
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广东人爱吃野味是全国有名的，一般来讲，普通百姓吃大众野味，比如兔子，猫之类的，可是你说的这些可都是受法律保护的野生动物，食用它们是违法的。但正是因为这样，一些有钱人就以此来炫耀自己的经济实力或向来宾显示自己的诚意。我觉得这种行为特别不人道，实在应该被禁止。
guǎngdōngrén ài chī yěwèi shì quánguó yǒumíng de ，yībān lái jiǎng ，pǔtōng bǎixìng chī dàzhòng yěwèi ，bǐrú tùzi ，māo zhīlèi de ，kěshì nǐ shuō de zhèxiē kě dōu shì shòu fǎlǜ bǎohù de yěshēng dòngwù ，shíyòng tāmen shì wéifǎ de 。dàn zhèng shì yīnwèi zhèyàng ，yīxiē yǒuqián rén jiù yǐcǐ lái xuànyào zìjǐ de jīngjǐ shílì huò xiàng láibīn xiǎnshì zìjǐ de chéngyì 。wǒ juéde zhèzhǒng xíngwéi tèbié bù réndào ，shízài yīnggāi bèi jìnzhǐ 。
Cantonese people are famous all over China for loving to eat game. Generally, ordinary people eat common game, like rabbits, cats and such. But the ones you're talking about were all protected wild animals. Eating them is illegal. But it's just because of this that some rich people use this as a chance to show off their wealth, or to show their clients their sincerity. I think it's really inhumane, and it really should be forbidden.
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