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古道

gǔdào
noun #45,239

Measure Word

一条古道 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 ancient road
  2. 2 the honest ways of old

Examples

HSK 3
这条古道有一千多年的历史。
Zhè tiáo gǔdào yǒu yìqiān duō nián de lìshǐ.
This ancient road is more than a thousand years old.
HSK 6
我们的老邻居古道热肠，谁家有困难他都会去帮忙。
Wǒmen de lǎo línju gǔdào rècháng, shéi jiā yǒu kùnnan tā dōu huì qù bāngmáng.
Our old neighbor is kind in the old-fashioned way: whenever a family is in trouble, he goes to help.

Tips

culture
马致远's short Yuan-dynasty poem 《天净沙·秋思》 paints a lonely traveller with the line 古道西风瘦马, 'an old road, the west wind, a thin horse'.
usage
The second sense lives in the idiom 古道热肠, 'old-fashioned decency and a warm heart', praise for someone kind and always ready to help.

In Pop Culture

茶马古道 Chámǎ Gǔdào
Tea Horse Road
Network of old caravan trails that carried tea from Yunnan and Sichuan to Tibet in exchange for horses.

Stroke Order

古 gǔ
道 dào