| | road (CL: 條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind | HSK 1 |
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| | on the road / on the way; en route | HSK 1 |
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| | crossing / intersection (of roads) | HSK 1 |
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| | strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | HSK 2 |
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| | road; path (CL: 條|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) | HSK 2 |
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| | itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条 | HSK 3 |
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| | to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL: 道 | HSK 4 |
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| | to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) | HSK 4 |
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| | to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service) | HSK 6 |
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| | (electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route | HSK 6 |
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| | (lit. and fig.) road / path | HSK 7-9 |
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| | along the sides of the road / by the wayside | HSK 7-9 |
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| | road surface | HSK 7-9 |
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| | minor road / lane / pathway / trail | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to repair a road | HSK 7-9 |
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| | order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road | HSK 7-9 |
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| | stretch of road / section of a highway or railway | HSK 7-9 |
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| | mountain road | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn | HSK 7-9 |
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| | way / route / road | |
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| | cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten | |
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| | to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation | |
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| | ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road | |
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| | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths | |
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| | the Silk Road | |
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| | (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits | |
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| | the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) | |
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| | to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit | |
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| | (idiom) dead end / road to ruin | |
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| | ancient road / precepts of the antiquity | |
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| | winding road / road curve | |
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| | branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) | |
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| | stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator | |
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| | Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 | |
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| | road on a slope; inclined path; ramp | |
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| | (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car; tank wagon | |
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| | to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) | |
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| | ring road / closed circuit; loop | |
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| | variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation | |
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| | fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) | |
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| | the road ahead | |
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| | a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) | |
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| | divergent / side road | |
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| | marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule | |
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| | to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience | |
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| | lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced | |
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| | road bridge | |
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| | side street / road branching from the main street | |
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| | to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic | |
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| | overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road | |
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| | to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up | |
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| | arterial road / main road / main watercourse | |
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| | road hub / major crossroad | |
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| | through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence | |
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| | roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides | |
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| | to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse) | |
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| | road show or promotional tour (for a product etc) | |
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| | highway / level road | |
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| | fork in the road | |
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| | to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul | |
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| | to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) | |
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| | roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum | |
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| | along the way; on the way / area beside a road | |
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| | (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | |
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| | in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue | |
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| | dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster | |
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| | ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) | |
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| | dead end; impasse / end of the road; final days | |
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| | dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道) / the underworld; criminal gangs | |
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| | major road / thoroughfare / main road | |
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| | lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end | |
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| | sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) | |
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| | bumpy (of a road) / limping (of a person) | |
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| | Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义) | |
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| | the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom) | |
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| | fork in a road / wrong road | |
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| | old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior | |
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| | broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects | |
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| | Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu | |
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| | winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) | |
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| | old road / old way / old course (of a river) | |
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| | Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊 | |
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| | road sign | |
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| | street sign; road sign; street nameplate | |
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| | encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city | |
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| | road leading north and south | |
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| | lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park | |
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| | junction / fork in road | |
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| | mound; hillock / welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc) | |
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| | to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) | |
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| | flyover (road bridge) | |
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| | incoming road / origin / past history | |
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| | branch road / setback / accident / hiccup | |
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