| 先 |
xiān wáng zhī dào | the way of former kings |
| 先 |
xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 先 |
xiān wáng | former sovereigns |
| 王 |
Wáng | surname Wang |
| 王 |
wáng | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great |
| 王 |
wàng | (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) |
| 之 |
zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 道 |
dào | road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / 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 / (old) circuit (administrative division) |