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  • 1

    n.principle; truth; hows and whys; law

    • fā zhǎn shì yìng dào lǐ

      发展道理

      Development is of paramount importance.

    • tā shuō de shì yǒu xiē dào lǐ de

      道理

      There's some truth in what she says.

    • bǎo hé yíng xiāo de gài niàn hěn yǒu dào lǐ

      饱和营销概念道理

      The concept of saturation marketing makes perfect sense.

  • 2

    n.reason; sense; argument; basis

    • tā jiǎng de huà háo wú dào lǐ

      道理

      What he said made no sense to me.

    • tā bù jiǎng dào lǐ

      道理

      He is unreasonable.

    • zhè yǒu shén me dào lǐ

      什么道理

      What is the sense in this?

  • 3

    n.way; plan; decision; intention

    • nà xiē pī píng yì jiàn shì yǒu dào lǐ de

      那些批评意见道理

      The criticisms were justified.

Word usage

  • "道理" is often matched with measure word "个"or"点".
    • 道理

      one principle

    • 道理

      a little principle