dao4
li5
  1. reason
  2. argument
  3. sense
  4. principle
  5. basis
  6. justification
  7. CL:個|个[ge4]

Characters

  • 道 (道): road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
  • 理 (理): texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up

Resources

Examples

你应该听他的话,他说的有道理,更何况他是为了你好。

他觉得她说的很有道理,于是接受了她的建议。

在我看来,他是有道理的。

我相信汤姆是有道理的。

从来没有见过有谁能仅通过读书就能学会打篮球的,其实学习外语也是一样的道理。

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