泰 tài
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氺 — water
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
泰斗
tàidǒu
leading authority; great master
Characters in this word
斗 dòu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这位语言学泰斗一生致力于方言调查，影响了几代研究者。 Zhè wèi yǔyánxué tàidǒu yìshēng zhìlì yú fāngyán diàochá, yǐngxiǎng le jǐ dài yánjiūzhě. This leading authority in linguistics devoted his life to dialect research and influenced several generations of scholars.
- 他被称为医学界的泰斗，许多学生慕名而来。 Tā bèi chēng wéi yīxuéjiè de tàidǒu, xǔduō xuésheng mùmíng ér lái. He is regarded as the leading authority in medicine, and many students come especially to study with him.
- 他虽然年轻，却已是书法界的泰斗。 Tā suīrán niánqīng, què yǐ shì shūfǎjiè de tàidǒu. Although he is young, he is already a leading master in the calligraphy world.
Related words
- 奋斗 fèndòu to struggle; to work hard
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle; to fight
- 斗争 dòuzhēng to struggle; struggle, fight
- 搏斗 bódòu to fight; to struggle
- 斗 dòu to fight; to struggle; to contend
- 斗志 dòuzhì fighting spirit; morale
- 状元 zhuàngyuan top candidate in the imperial examinations; top scorer
- 院士 yuànshì academician
- 资质 zīzhì qualification; aptitude; credentials
- 专著 zhuānzhù monograph; specialised book
- 陶冶 táoyě to cultivate; to mould and improve
- 学说 xuéshuō theory; doctrine