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street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
highway / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
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  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
crossing / intersection (of roads)
HSK 1
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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, shadows 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
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
on the road / on the way; en route
HSK 1
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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
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  *彎* | 彎* | *彎
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:
HSK 4
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
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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  *條* | 條* | *條
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten
traffic rules / rules of the road
uphill road / slope up / fig. upward trend / progress
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
stretch of road / section of a highway or railway
HSK 7-9
ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
road maintenance tax (China)
dead-end road; (fig.) impasse
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese infrastructure and investment strategy launched in 2013
trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
HSK 7-9
ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
winding road / road curve
road congestion; traffic jam
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
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
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
to travel cross-country; to go off-road / (attributive) cross-country; off-road
sloping road / hill road
mountain road
HSK 7-9
racing bicycle; road bike
dangerous road
street sign; road sign; street nameplate
through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence
the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
(lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关 / (fig.) wide open road / bright future
pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc)
broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects
the Silk Road
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
branch road / setback / accident / hiccup
to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
minor road; lane; pathway; trail
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) road / path
HSK 7-9
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
major road / thoroughfare / main road
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
dirt road
twisting path / tortuous road
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
road race
Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang
hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
zigzag road / switchback
to lose one's way / to get lost (on the road etc)
bumpy (of a road) / limping (of a person)
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
tarred road / asphalt road
traffic cone; road cone
road traffic policing
lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
outer ring (road or rail line)
along the way; on the way / area beside a road
lit. if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
road on a slope; inclined path; ramp
to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject)
confluence (of two rivers) / junction (of roads) / (transport) interchange
familiar road / beaten track
road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)
junction / fork in road
downhill road / (fig.) downhill path
to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up
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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)
brigand / (modern) uncivil driver; road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
road sign
Han dynasty name for countries in far West / may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire
marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule
(road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car; tank wagon
along the sides of the road / by the wayside
HSK 7-9
road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced
to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
road or pavement laid with flagstones
intersection (of roads)
(road) intersection
traffic cone; road cone
(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
off-road vehicle
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌

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