middle way
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middle way
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From middle + way. Compare Dutch middelweg, German Mittelweg; compare also Latin via media.
noun middle ways · Middle Way
- The middle of three paths.
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An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise.
Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale.
Similar: mean
- The teaching of the Buddha of neither living in great excess nor in great asceticism.
- The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.
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noun middle of three paths
| 中文 | 中間路線 /中间路线 zhōngjiān lùxiàn |
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noun intermediate course of action
| 中文 | 中庸之道 zhōngyōng zhī dào |
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noun midpoint of a person's life
| 中文 | 人生中點 /人生中点 rénshēng zhōngdiǎn |
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