路 road / CL:條|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind 道 路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] 公 路 gōng lù highway / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] 线 路 xiàn lù line / circuit / wire / road / railway track / bus route 马 路 street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] 路 途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path 道 road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / 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) 路 上 lù shang on the road / on a journey / road surface 南 路 nán lù south road 全 线 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 路 面 lù miàn road surface 山 路 shān lù mountain road 小 路 xiǎo lù minor road / lane / pathway / trail 十 字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 沿 途 yán tú along the sides of the road / by the wayside 黑 道 hēi dào dark road / criminal ways / the underworld / see also 白道[bai2 dao4] 绕 过 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 丝 路 Sī Lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 颠 簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience 古 道 gǔ dào ancient road / precepts of the antiquity 路 况 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 便 道 biàn dào pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road 死 路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster 开 路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit 环 城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 来 路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history 丝 绸 之 路 Sī chóu zhī Lù the Silk Road 整 条 zhěng tiáo entire / whole (fish, road etc) 支 线 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 压 路 机 yā lù jī road roller 养 路 费 yǎng lù fèi road maintenance tax (China) 高 架 gāo jià overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road 弯 道 wān dào winding road / road curve 当 道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue 修 路 xiū lù to repair a road 环 线 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 要 道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road 边 路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 环 路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 弯 路 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) 干 道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 铺 路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success 老 路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior 路 标 lù biāo road sign 要 冲 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad 任 重 道 远 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) 岔 开 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject) 必 由 之 路 bì yóu zhī lù the road one must follow or take / the only way 末 路 mò lù end of the road / final road / fig. dead end / impasse 下 坡 路 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path 路 牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate 活 路 huó lù through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence 阳 关 Yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 交 通 规 则 jiāo tōng guī zé traffic rules / rules of the road 铺 平 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) 万 水 千 山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road 四 项 基 本 原 则 Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism 歧 途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road 改 道 gǎi dào to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse) 岔 路 chà lù fork in the road 难 走 nán zǒu hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad) 标 线 biāo xiàn marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule 折 中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic 土 路 tǔ lù dirt road 柏 油 路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road 大 动 脉 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road 逶 迤 wēi yí winding (of road, river etc) / curved / long / distant 坡 道 pō dào road on a slope / inclined path / ramp 交 通 堵 塞 jiāo tōng dǔ sè road congestion / traffic jam 主 干 线 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable) 就 道 jiù dào to set off / to take to the road 石 板 路 shí bǎn lù road or pavement laid with flagstones 南 道 nán dào south road 岔 道 chà dào side road / byway 坦 途 tǎn tú highway / level road 横 街 héng jiē side street / road branching from the main street 横 断 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across 公 路 网 gōng lù wǎng road network 好 事 多 磨 hǎo shì duō mó the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom) 冤 家 路 窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths 封 禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 清 道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) 歧 路 qí lù to diverge from the main road, also figuratively 河 西 走 廊 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 华 容 道 Huá róng Dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) 羊 肠 小 道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job 故 道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 条 strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) 岔 子 chà zi branch road / setback / accident / hiccup 岔 口 chà kǒu junction / fork in road 平 地 机 píng dì jī land grader / road grader 康 庄 大 道 kāng zhuāng dà dào broad and open road (idiom) / fig. brilliant future prospects 熟 路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 走 资 派 zǒu zī pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution) 坡 路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 上 坡 路 shàng pō lù uphill road / slope up / fig. upward trend / progress 单 行 线 dān xíng xiàn one-way road 立 体 交 叉 lì tǐ jiāo chā three-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels) / overpass 畏 途 wèi tú dangerous road / (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking 六 环 路 liù huán lù Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008
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