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讲道

jiǎng dào

2-character word Traditional 講道

What 讲道 means

1. to preach
2. a sermon

The characters in 讲道

• 讲jiǎngto speak; to explain; to negotiate
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

Example sentences

• 皇帝也得讲道理。
  Huángdì yě de jiǎngdào lǐ.
  Caesar is not above grammarians.
• 她就是不讲道理。讨厌死了。
  You simply cannot reason with her, which is quite annoying.
• 牧师的主要职责是在教堂里讲道。
  Mùshī de zhǔyào zhízé shì zàijiào táng lǐ jiǎngdào.
  The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.

Words containing 讲道

• 摆事实讲道理bǎi shì shí jiǎng dào lǐpresent the facts and reason things out

Sounds the same

Read jiǎng dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 讲到to talk about sth

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