Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing. · Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).
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- Derivation mention道zh
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