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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
crossing / intersection (of roads)
HSK 1
curb; roadside; wayside
HSK 2
highway / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
HSK 2
to have a pleasant journey / Bon voyage!
HSK 2
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
HSK 5
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
to pass by or through
HSK 6
along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
HSK 6
(lit. and fig.) road / path
HSK 7-9
road surface
HSK 7-9
route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development)
HSK 7-9
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
passer-by / stranger
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
method / way / approach
HSK 7-9
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
to lead the way; to guide; to show the way / (fig.) to instruct
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
crossroads / intersection
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
way of doing sth / the right social connection
HSK 7-9
to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate
HSK 7-9
minor road; lane; pathway; trail
HSK 7-9
by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently
HSK 7-9
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
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
veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
toll (fee for using a road)
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
travel expenses / money for a voyage / toll
telephone line
Qinghai-Tibet railway
routing (in computer networks)
to travel / transport
railway line
printed circuit board
avenue / CL: 條|条
Land Rover
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *路* | 路* | *路
surname Lu
clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class
sale / market / state of the market / sales event
data link layer
Louisiana, US state
sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method
digital subscriber line (DSL)
short circuit
virtual circuit / VC
link
Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, a.k.a. Huning Railway
path / route / method / ways and means
(civil engineering) roadbed
electric circuit
the Silk Road
through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence
labor / physical work
(name) Louis
to find a path
waterway
Beijing-Harbin railway
to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
intersection (of roads)
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
Suhua Highway, coastal road in northern Taiwan, built on the side of cliffs above the Pacific Ocean
ring road / closed circuit; loop
road network
Himeji-jō, castle complex in Himeji, Hyōgo prefecture 兵庫縣|兵库县, Japan
midway / mediocre (quality) / midfield (soccer)
Reuters (news agency)
the road ahead
network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络
land route / overland route
roadblock / barricade
Luqiao district of Taizhou city 台州市, Zhejiang
road bridge
Reuters News Agency
to guide / to show the way
suitable / to one's liking
piping (for water, oil, etc) / conduit
divergent path / (fig.) wrong path
to give directions
road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)

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