线 索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) 踪 迹 zōng jì tracks / trail / footprint / trace / vestige 小 路 xiǎo lù minor road / lane / pathway / trail 小 道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) 行 径 xíng jìng (usu. pejorative) conduct / behavior / act / path / trail 小 径 xiǎo jìng alley / trail 形 迹 xíng jì manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette 拖 to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on 星 火 xīng huǒ spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3]) 披 肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders 独 辟 蹊 径 dú pì xī jìng to blaze a new trail (idiom) / to display originality 披 荆 斩 棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail 蹤 蹟 zōng jì variant of 蹤跡|踪迹, tracks / trail / footprint / trace / vestige 蹤 迹 zōng jì variant of 蹤跡|踪迹, tracks / trail / footprint / trace / vestige 追 蹑 zhuī niè to follow the trail of / to track / to trace 另 辟 蹊 径 lìng pì xī jìng to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail 拖 地 tuō dì to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length 自 行 车 道 zì xíng chē dào bike path / bicycle trail / bike lane 选 票 核 查 系 统 voter-verifiable paper audit trail 选 民 确 认 收 据 xuǎn mín què rèn shōu jù voter-verified paper trail 审 计 线 索 shěn jì xiàn suǒ audit trail 集 材 道 skid trail / snig track 文 物 径 wén wù jìng heritage trail 徒 步 路 径 tú bù lù jìng hiking trail 
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