If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]).; We should learn from one who knows the way.
trad. 道之所存，師之所存
Also written 道之所存，師之所存【dào zhī suǒ cún , shī zhī suǒ cún】
Characters in this word
5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
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
所
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actually, place, classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc, that which, particle introducing a relative clause or passive, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- suǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 347 of 2500
存
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to exist, to deposit, to store, to keep, to survive
- Pinyin
- cún
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 9496 of 2500
师
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shī
- Traditional
- 師
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5008 of 2500