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  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
on the road / on the way; en route
HSK 1
crossing / intersection (of roads)
HSK 1
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
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  *条* | 条* | *条
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
highway / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (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
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
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  *弯* | 弯* | *弯
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:
HSK 4
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  *堵* | 堵* | *堵
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
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
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
(lit. and fig.) road / path
HSK 7-9
along the sides of the road / by the wayside
HSK 7-9
road surface
HSK 7-9
minor road / lane / pathway / trail
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
HSK 7-9
pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road
HSK 7-9
stretch of road / section of a highway or railway
HSK 7-9
mountain road
HSK 7-9
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
road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
HSK 7-9
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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  *途* | 途* | *途
way / route / road
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road
lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
the Silk Road
(loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
winding road / road curve
branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
road on a slope; inclined path; ramp
(road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car; tank wagon
to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab)
ring road / closed circuit; loop
variant of 交匯|交汇 / to flow together / confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation
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  *岔* | 岔* | *岔
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)
the road ahead
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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  *歧* | 歧* | *歧
divergent / side road
marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced
road bridge
side street / road branching from the main street
to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road
to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
road hub / major crossroad
through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse)
road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)
highway / level road
fork in the road
to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul
to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum
along the way; on the way / area beside a road
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue
dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway)
dead end; impasse / end of the road; final days
dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道) / the underworld; criminal gangs
major road / thoroughfare / main road
the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
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
sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer)
bumpy (of a road) / limping (of a person)
Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义)
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
fork in a road / wrong road
old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior
broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
old road / old way / old course (of a river)
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
road sign
street sign; road sign; street nameplate
encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city
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  *阡* | 阡* | *阡
road leading north and south
lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park
junction / fork in road
mound; hillock / welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc)
to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc)
flyover (road bridge)
incoming road / origin / past history
branch road / setback / accident / hiccup

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