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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
tao en · NOUN
Pronunciation
(Southern-England) audio /taʊ/ /daʊ/ dou Etymology From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).
Meanings
(broadly, uncountable, usually) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...
(historical, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
Forms
Relateds
ananke
Synonyms
zen (harmonious skill) · circuit
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tao en · PROPN
Pronunciation
(Southern-England) audio /taʊ/ /daʊ/ dou Etymology From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).
Meanings
(Chinese, alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
The tao of Lao Tzu was a cosmic tao, inner and unwritten, a tao of Nature, while the tao of Confucius was moral and written. 2021, Olof G. Lidin, From Taoism to Einstein, page 196:
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