(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas
走弯路
zǒu wān lù
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
食道
shí dào
esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
停靠站
tíng kào zhàn
bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover
(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)
终南捷径
zhōng nán jié jìng
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[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], 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)
Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
区间车
qū jiān chē
train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
无路可退
wú lù kě tuì
without a retreat route / caught in a dead end / having burned one's bridges
粮道
liáng dào
route for providing foodstuff
绕远儿
rào yuǎn r
to go the long way round / to take a circuitous route / (of a route) circuitous
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