"Path" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 zǒu shì tendency / trend / path
 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means
 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path
 xíng jìng path / conduct / behavior
 zǒu dào pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle
 dào road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / 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)
 xī jìng path / way
 guǐ course / path / track / rail
 jìng way / path / direct / diameter
 lù xiàng road direction / (fig.) direction / path
 xī (old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1] / to wait / servant / path
 tú jìng path / road
 jìng jì track / trajectory / path / way / means / diameter / directly
 jìng lù route / path
 jìng dào path / short-cut
 xī jìng path / way (method)
 xī jìng path / way through / channel
 fāng xiàng direction / orientation / path to follow / CL:個|个[ge4]
 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development)
 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction
 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take
 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
 shū dǎo to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion
 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example
 jià qīng jiù shú lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
 tàn lù to find a path
 yǒng dào walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel
 bù dào walking path / pathway
 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)
 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground
 lán lù to block sb's path / to waylay
 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield
 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path
 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake
 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path
 gū jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
 pō dào road on a slope / inclined path / ramp
 ān shēn lì mìng to settle down and pursue one's path in life (idiom)
 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) / to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path
 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb
 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
 piān háng to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc) / to go off course / to yaw
 lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)
 mò raised path / street
 tǐng raised path between fields
 yǒng path screened by walls on both sides
 dèng path leading up a mountain
 chéng raised path between fields
 mí tú zhī fǎn to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
 qióng tú mò lù 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
 xíng bù cóng jìng lit. not following the straight path (idiom) / fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty
 háng jì wake (of ship) / flight path
 chǎn winding mountain path
 gōng yuán xiǎo jìng xiào yìng garden path effect
 tuó yùn lù a bridle path
 wù rù qí tú xiào yìng garden path effect
 yǒng raised path
 chuò raised path between fields
 tán raised path between fields
 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream a rough mountain path
 zè jìng narrow path
 tù jìng narrow winding path
 wēi jìng steep and perilous path
 yuán dào original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]
 yán jìng mountain path
 yōu jìng secluded path
 wēi jìng small path
 zhǐ diǎn mí lu:4 to show sb how to get to the right path
 xié jìng sloping path
 yuè jìng moonlit path / diameter of the moon / diameter of the moon's orbit
 qiú xué wú tǎn tú The path of learning can never be smooth. / There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
 shú dào familiar road / well-trodden path
 shú dào r familiar road / well-trodden path
 tián mò path between fields / fields
 yóu jìng to follow a narrow path
 pán tuó lù twisting path / tortuous road
 tǒng yī kǒu jìng lit. one-track path / fig. to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue / to sing from the same hymn-sheet
 jīng jí zài tú lit. a path covered in brambles / a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
 yóu yan lù lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road
 yào jìng important path
谿 xī jìng variant of 溪徑|溪径, path / way through / channel
 dǎo cháng xí gù follow the same old path (idiom) / stuck in a rut / always the same routine
 zé jìng narrow path
 mí bù zhī fǎn to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path (idiom)
 yě jìng country path / track in the wilderness
 xiá jìng a misty path / the path of the Daoist immortals
 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction
 máng dào path for the visually impaired (made with tactile paving)
 zì xíng chē dào bike path / bicycle trail / bike lane
  diversion path analysis
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