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HSK
way; means; channel
HSK 6
track and field (athletics)
HSK 6
diameter
HSK 7-9
bore; caliber; diameter; aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
HSK 7-9
radius
track and field sports
path / route / method / ways and means
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  *径* | 径* | *径
footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly
internal diameter
external diameter (including thickness of the wall)
radial (direction)
span (architecture)
diameter of hole
shortcut
to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail
runoff
without leave / without consulting anyone
alley; trail
as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart
to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
access
path / (fig.) way
secluded path
directly
to waylay and rob / highway robbery
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
completely different
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. to 國際田聯|国际田联
track events (athletics competition)
to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
route / path
grain size
caliber (of a gun)
modulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates)
diameter
winding lane
to follow a narrow path
a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff)
narrow path
path / way (method)
track / trajectory / path / way / means / diameter / directly
large caliber
straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
directly / straightaway / straight
atomic radius
track and field competition
path / road
small path
calipers
narrow lane
lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
see 邪路
narrow winding path
when the circumference is three, the diameter is (approximately) one
mountain path
hiking trail
network diameter
erroneous variant of 陰莖|阴茎
narrow path
steep and perilous path
to arrange to give the same story
path / short-cut
heritage trail
sloping path
moonlit path / diameter of the moon / diameter of the moon's orbit
(old) see 邪路
path / (fig.) way; channel
misty lane
core diameter (of a fiber)
winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
footway
(usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act / path; trail
important path
girth; circumference
country path / track in the wilderness
cloud track (trace of ionizing particle in cloud chamber)
a misty path / the path of the Daoist immortals


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