霸道 meaning and pronunciation

霸道
Simplified/traditional word

霸道 English definition

bà dào

  • overbearing
  • tyranny
  • (of liquor, medicine etc) strong
  • potent
  • the Way of the Hegemon, abbr. of 霸王之道
  • despotic rule
  • rule by might
  • evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道

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Characters

  • (bà): hegemon; tyrant; lord; feudal chief; to rule by force; to usurp; (in modern advertising) master;
  • (dào): direction; way; road; path; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; 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; province (of Korea or Japan);