Pronunciation
:
dàolǐ
Meaning
:
(noun) reason
HSK
:
2
道
理
Pronunciation
:
dào
Meaning
:
  1. (noun) road; path; lane
  2. (noun) way; method
  3. (verb) say; talk; speak
  4. (noun) [Taoism] the Tao
  5. (measure word) used for long and narrow objects
  6. (measure word) used for doors, walls, etc.
  7. (measure word) used for orders, questions, etc.
  8. (measure word) used for courses in a meal, stages in a procedure, etc.
Radical
:
辶
Strokes
:
12
Traditional
:
道
Sentences:
老师给我们讲了一个做人的道理。
The teacher taught us a lesson about how to behave as a person.

lǎo shī gěi wǒ men jiǎng le yí gè zuò rén de dào lǐ 。

老师
:
teacher
给
:
to; for
我们
:
us
讲
:
to explain
了
:
(completed action)
一个
:
one
做人
:
to conduct oneself
的
:
(possessive particle)
道理
:
principle; lesson
他说的话很有道理。
What he said makes a lot of sense.

tā shuō de huà hěn yǒu dào lǐ 。

他
:
he
说
:
to say
的
:
(structural particle)
话
:
words
很
:
very
有
:
to have
道理
:
sense; reason
我现在终于明白这个道理了。
I finally understand this principle now.

wǒ xiàn zài zhōng yú míng bai zhè ge dào lǐ le 。

我
:
I
现在
:
now
终于
:
finally
明白
:
to understand
这个
:
this
道理
:
principle
了
:
(change of state)
做事情不能只讲道理，还要付出行动。
When doing things, you cannot just talk about principles; you also need to take action.

zuò shì qing bù néng zhǐ jiǎng dào lǐ ， hái yào fù chū xíng dòng 。

做
:
to do
事情
:
matter; thing
不能
:
cannot
只
:
only
讲
:
to talk about
道理
:
principles; reasoning
还
:
also
要
:
need to
付出
:
to put in; to expend
行动
:
action