lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together; to go separate ways (idiom)
trad. 道不同不相為謀
Also written 道不同不相為謀【dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu】
Characters in this word
6道
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road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]), (bound form) way; reason; principle, (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization, (Daoism) the Way; the Dao, to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel), (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words), classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process, (old) circuit (administrative division)
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1253 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
同
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like, same, similar, together, alike, with
- Pinyin
- tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1548 of 2500
相
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surname Xiang
- Pinyin
- Xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5022 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
谋
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to plan, to seek, scheme
- Pinyin
- móu
- Traditional
- 謀
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4946 of 2500