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陶冶
Mandarin · pinyin táo yě
Meanings
- lit. to fire pots and smelt metal
- fig. to educate
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2–3 · tao2 ye3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tou4 je5
Cantonese word readings for 陶冶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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tou4 je5
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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verb
- (literal) to make pottery and smelt metal
- (figurative) to cultivate; to train; to mould someone's character
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