<p>「道友」該釋爲「養道之友」，英語＂cultivate＂可翻譯成中文「養育」。</p>

<p>「道友」= "Fellows (友) who cultivate the way (養道)".</p>

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<p>＂Cultivator＂也可翻譯成「耕田機」，因爲「耕田」在英文也可以叫＂cultivate＂，圖像由此意。</p>

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道友-養道之友.以身飼道者!
讓人耳目一新啊!
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<p>A cultivator can also mean a person or thing that cultivates(prepare the land) something, in this case, Taoism. So <strong>fellow cultivator</strong> is the suitable phrase here since everyone is a Taoism participator in the context of the book so don't need to mention that.</p>

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<p>As a side note, in Hong Kong, 道友 typically means "drug addicts".</p>

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<p>用中文說中文
droooze說的不錯!這說法讓不才耳目一新!</p>

<h2>道友:養道之友</h2>

<p>道友:
同路人(志同道合者)
同志向者
有同一個夢想的人</p>

<p>道:道路
友:朋友</p>

<p>看到:"渡劫失败" 這關鍵字
聯想到玄幻小說
通常表示
有群人想追求長生,或跳脫輪迴,或者修仙!
基本上只要你會點法術或著有修行,甚至只要有修仙的心即可!
他們都會彼此稱呼為"道友"</p>

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<p><a href="https://read.qidian.com/chapter/jVvQ3swicPFxo3Pbs2jtrw2/14mBiRAuBJrgn4SMoDUcDQ2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">原作 《我被系统托管了》</a>
<a href="https://www.webnovel.com/book/9795095706003005/26751469923386963/Seized-by-the-System/I%27ve-Been-Seized-by-the-System-" rel="nofollow noreferrer">译作 <em>Seized by the System</em></a></p>
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<p>“各位<strong>道友</strong>请了，本座刚刚渡劫失败，先来地球歇歇脚。”</p>
<p>&quot;Greetings, <strong>fellow cultivators</strong>, I, the master, am just dropping by the
Earth to rest after I failed some of God’s tests.&quot;</p>
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<p>Looked up cultivator, I just found this <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/K0J1p.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/K0J1p.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a>
I think it should be &quot;fellow Taoism participators&quot;.</p>

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism has some mentions of the word "cultivation" (once in a title). So it might have its special use in Taoism.
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为什么“道友”被译作“fellow cultivators”？
# 为什么“道友”被译作“fellow cultivators”？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-18)

[原作 《我被系统托管了》](https://read.qidian.com/chapter/jVvQ3swicPFxo3Pbs2jtrw2/14mBiRAuBJrgn4SMoDUcDQ2)
[译作 *Seized by the System*](https://www.webnovel.com/book/9795095706003005/26751469923386963/Seized-by-the-System/I%27ve-Been-Seized-by-the-System-)

> “各位**道友**请了，本座刚刚渡劫失败，先来地球歇歇脚。”
>
> "Greetings, **fellow cultivators**, I, the master, am just dropping by the
> Earth to rest after I failed some of God’s tests."

Looked up cultivator, I just found this [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/K0J1p.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/K0J1p.jpg)
I think it should be "fellow Taoism participators".

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism has some mentions of the word "cultivation" (once in a title). So it might have its special use in Taoism.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-09-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

「道友」該釋爲「養道之友」，英語＂cultivate＂可翻譯成中文「養育」。

「道友」= "Fellows (友) who cultivate the way (養道)".

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＂Cultivator＂也可翻譯成「耕田機」，因爲「耕田」在英文也可以叫＂cultivate＂，圖像由此意。

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: 道友-養道之友.以身飼道者! 讓人耳目一新啊!  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-09-18. Score: 1

A cultivator can also mean a person or thing that cultivates(prepare the land) something, in this case, Taoism. So **fellow cultivator** is the suitable phrase here since everyone is a Taoism participator in the context of the book so don't need to mention that.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-10-01. Score: 0

As a side note, in Hong Kong, 道友 typically means "drug addicts".


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-10-09. Score: 0

用中文說中文
droooze說的不錯!這說法讓不才耳目一新!

## 道友:養道之友

道友:
同路人(志同道合者)
同志向者
有同一個夢想的人

道:道路
友:朋友

看到:"渡劫失败" 這關鍵字
聯想到玄幻小說
通常表示
有群人想追求長生,或跳脫輪迴,或者修仙!
基本上只要你會點法術或著有修行,甚至只要有修仙的心即可!
他們都會彼此稱呼為"道友"


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