故道

gùdào
  1. old road
  2. old way
  3. old course (of a river)

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) archaic institutions and moral standards
  2. archaic institutions and moral standards
  3. old course (of a river)
  4. old road; beaten track; old way

Wiktionary

  1. 旧路，从前走过的路。
  2. 古圣先贤所遗留下来的典范规则。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead
2 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. 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
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

Related entries

老路 lǎolù
  1. old road
  2. familiar way
  3. beaten track
  4. conventional behavior
在这个国家，我们患难与共。让我们抵制重走老路的诱惑，避免重新回到令美国政治长期深受毒害的党派纷争、小题大作、不成熟的表现。

In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

Source: Tatoeba