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道行

Mandarin · pinyin dào héng

skills acquired through religious practice
(fig.) ability
skill
Taiwan pr. dào hang

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道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

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4–2 · dao4 heng2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dou6 hang6

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noun

monk training; attainment of skills through religious practice (of Buddhist and Taoist monks)
(figurative) skill; ability

noun

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) morals and character; morality and behavior

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