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到位

dàowèi

to be in place; appropriate; properly done

A person fits the last red tile into a tiled floor
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Characters in this word

到 dào

Strokes
8
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

位 wèi

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 立 to stand
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 政策设计得再周密,如果执行不到位,也难以产生预期效果。 Zhèngcè shèjì de zài zhōumì, rúguǒ zhíxíng bù dàowèi, yě nányǐ chǎnshēng yùqī xiàoguǒ. No matter how carefully a policy is designed, it is hard to achieve the expected effect if implementation is not properly carried out.
  • 所有设备都已经到位,明天就可以开工。 Suǒyǒu shèbèi dōu yǐjīng dàowèi, míngtiān jiù kěyǐ kāigōng. All the equipment is already in place, so work can begin tomorrow.
  • 这次服务非常到位,客人都很满意。 Zhè cì fúwù fēicháng dàowèi, kèrén dōu hěn mǎnyì. The service this time was thoroughly done, and the guests were all satisfied.

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