道出

dàochū
  1. to speak
  2. to tell
  3. to voice

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 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
=2 出 chū
  1. to go out; to come out
  2. to arise; to occur
  3. to produce; to yield
  4. to go beyond; to exceed
  5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
=2 出 chū variant of 出 chū (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

Related entries

做声 zuòshēng
  1. to speak
  2. to emit sound
出言 chūyán
  1. to speak
  2. words
口称 kǒuchēng
  1. to speak
  2. to say
啽 án to speak (Cantonese)
曰 yuē
  1. to speak
  2. to say
關於另一個星球的故事：在一個遙遠的星球上，藍天上有兩顆太陽，「盛」與「麗」。 一孩童問於其母：「亲愛的母亲啊，爲何天中有兩個太陽？」其母曰：「此爲何等問題？眼睛你有幾個？兩個。手有幾隻？兩隻。」孩童答：「可是母亲，鼻子我只有一個呀⋯⋯」

A Story on Another Planet: On a faraway planet, there are two suns in the blue sky, Strong and Beauteous. A child asketh the mother, "Dearest mother, why are there two suns in the sky?" Saith the mother, "Oh, what kind of question is that? How many eyes hast thou? 'Tis two. How many hands hast thou? 'Tis two." The child respondeth, "But, mother, I have but one nose..."

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