{"path":"/entry/55572","title":"东道主 / 東道主 (dōng dào zhǔ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"东道主 / 東道主 (dōng dào zhǔ): host. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":55572,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["东道主"],"TRADITIONAL":["東道主"]}},"phonetic":"dōng dào zhǔ","phoneticKey":"dong1 dao4 zhu3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"host","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"official host ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(for example, venue for games or a conference)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":58337,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Attested in Zuo Zhuan (circa 4th century B.C.E.), in the entry for the 30th year of Duke Xi's reign (《左傳·僖公三十年》):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Uttered by Zhu Zhiwu (燭之武), a Zheng courtier, during his negotiation with the Count Mu of Qin (秦穆公) who was laying siege to the state of Zheng. Later used idiomatically as a generic term for a host.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"若舍郑以为东道主，行李之往来，共其乏困，君亦无所害。","traditional":"若捨鄭以為東道主，行李之往來，共其乏困，君亦無所害。"},"phonetic":"Ruò shě Zhèng yǐwéi dōngdàozhǔ, xínglǐ zhī wǎnglái, gòng qí fákùn, jūn yì wú suǒ hài.","english":"If you would spare Zheng as a host of the eastern roads, we are willing to provide hospitability and aid to your eastbound diplomatic missions. There could be no harm to you in this.","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":7,"sourceName":"HSK 3.0","name":"Levels 7-9"},{"id":13,"sourceName":"HSK 2.0","name":"Level 6"},{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}