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HSK
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
the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
HSK 5
street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
highway / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
railroad / railway / 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
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
uphill road / slope up / fig. upward trend / progress
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
digital network
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
dead-end road; (fig.) impasse
Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
midway / mediocre (quality) / midfield (soccer)
network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络
sale / market / state of the market / sales event
ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
core network / backbone network
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
deviant path; evil ways
to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop
sloping road / hill road
mountain road
HSK 7-9
scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence
labor / physical work
the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
highway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
to lead the way; to guide; to show the way / (fig.) to instruct
HSK 7-9
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night
the Silk Road
local area network / LAN
minor road; lane; pathway; trail
HSK 7-9
to go downhill / to decline / to slump
electric circuit
to be estranged
to find a path
dirt road
sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *路* | 路* | *路
surname Lu
see 外地
to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate
HSK 7-9
twisting path / tortuous road
to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
(Tw) Internet
way of doing sth / the right social connection
HSK 7-9
subway
zigzag road / switchback
wide area network / WAN
to be in the way; to block the path
tarred road / asphalt road
(Tw) Ethernet
along the way; on the way / area beside a road
Marlboro (cigarette)
by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently
HSK 7-9
neural network (artificial or biological)
familiar road / beaten track
telephone line
downhill road / (fig.) downhill path
veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc)
a step away / very close
the way back / return route
route / path
to seek help from social connections
to block sb's path / to waylay
digital circuit
a bridle path
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
shortcut
to bypass
road or pavement laid with flagstones
Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子, also known as Ji Lu 季路
to turn back / to backtrack / (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
to travel on foot / (informal) to run off / to abscond
dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster
to start on a journey / to be on one's way
winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
logical thinking
data link
waterway
(Tw) integrated circuit
to make way (for sth)
link
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior
to hasten on with one's journey / to hurry on

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