教 jiāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 孝 filial piety, obedience 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
教条
jiàotiáo
dogma; doctrinaire
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Example phrases
- 如果把环保目标理解成僵硬的教条，企业反而会逃避真正的创新。 Rúguǒ bǎ huánbǎo mùbiāo lǐjiě chéng jiāngyìng de jiàotiáo, qǐyè fǎn'ér huì táobì zhēnzhèng de chuàngxīn. If environmental goals are understood as rigid dogma, companies may instead evade genuine innovation.
- 学习不能只死记教条，还要会思考。 Xuéxí bù néng zhǐ sǐjì jiàotiáo, hái yào huì sīkǎo. In study you cannot just memorise dogma by rote; you also have to learn to think.
- 他对规则太教条，一点也不懂变通。 Tā duì guīzé tài jiàotiáo, yìdiǎn yě bù dǒng biàntōng. He is too dogmatic about the rules and has no idea how to be flexible.
Related words
- 教 jiāo to teach
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 教师 jiàoshī teacher
- 教室 jiàoshì classroom
- 教学 jiàoxué teaching
- 教育 jiàoyù education
- 教材 jiàocái textbook; teaching material
- 教练 jiàoliàn coach
- 请教 qǐngjiào to ask for advice
- 教授 jiàoshòu professor
- 教训 jiàoxun lesson
- 赐教 cìjiào to kindly give instruction; to offer advice