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霸道

bà dào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

霸道 (bà dào) means "the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 霸道 means

1. the Way of the Hegemon
2. abbr. for 霸王之道
3. despotic rule
4. rule by might
5. evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道
6. overbearing
7. tyranny
8. (of liquor, medicine etc) strong
9. potent

The characters in 霸道

• 霸bàhegemon; tyrant; lord
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

Words starting with 霸道

• 霸道总裁bà dào zǒng cáihandsome high-powered businessman…

Words containing 霸道

• 横行霸道héng xíng bà dàoto oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize

Where 霸道 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · áng–bǎ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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