"(fig.) downhill path" Chinese-English Dictionary

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下坡路 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
关键路径法 關鍵路徑法 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关键路径分析 關鍵路徑分析 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关键路径调查 關鍵路徑調查 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
歧路 qí lù divergent path / (fig.) wrong path syn
衰落 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill syn
下坡 xià pō downhill syn
水往低处流 水往低處流 shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú water flows downhill (whereas man struggles upwards)
走下坡路 zǒu xià pō lù to go downhill / to decline / to slump syn
霞径 霞徑 xiá jìng a misty path / the path of the Daoist immortals
PATH 纸 PATH 紙 PATHstrip
轨道 軌道 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 syn
路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path syn
驾轻就熟 駕輕就熟 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 syn
重蹈 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) syn
覆辙 覆轍 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past syn
蹊径 蹊徑 xī jìng path / (fig.) way syn
独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
狭路相逢 狹路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face syn
正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course syn
重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 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 syn
行不从径 行不從徑 xíng bù cóng jìng lit. not following the straight path (idiom) / fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
溜边 溜邊 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溜边儿 溜邊兒 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溪径 溪徑 xī jìng path / (fig.) way / channel
蚰蜒路 yóu yan lù lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road
飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn
路向 lù xiàng road direction / (fig.) direction / path
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
走势 走勢 zǒu shì tendency / trend / path syn
路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn
路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn
畅通 暢通 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction syn
行径 行徑 xíng jìng (usu. pejorative) conduct / behavior / act / path / trail syn
何去何从 何去何從 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take syn
正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn
狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn
开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn
疏导 疏導 shū dǎo to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion syn
爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
走道 zǒu dào pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle syn
感化 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 syn
探路 tàn lù to find a path syn
白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry
甬道 yǒng dào walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel syn
步道 bù dào walking path / pathway
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
拦路 攔路 lán lù to block sb's path / to waylay
血路 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield
dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / 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) syn
挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path syn
孤家寡人 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) syn
险阻 險阻 xiǎn zǔ dangerous and difficult (path) syn
坡道 pō dào road on a slope / inclined path / ramp
安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life syn
另起炉灶 另起爐灶 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 syn
墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn
邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn
欲壑难填 慾壑難填 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 syn
偏航 piān háng to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc) / to go off course / to yaw
guǐ (bound form) rail / track / course / path syn
lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) syn
raised path / street syn
chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn
tǐng raised path between fields
yǒng path screened by walls on both sides
zhěn border / boundary / field-path
dèng path leading up a mountain
chéng raised path between fields
穷途末路 窮途末路 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 syn
邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty syn
迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways syn
chǎn winding mountain path
公园小径效应 公園小徑效應 gōng yuán xiǎo jìng xiào yìng garden path effect
驮运路 馱運路 tuó yùn lù a bridle path
误入歧途效应 誤入歧途效應 wù rù qí tú xiào yìng garden path effect
(old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1] / to wait / servant / path
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
仄径 仄徑 zè jìng narrow path
兔径 兔徑 tù jìng narrow winding path
危径 危徑 wēi jìng steep and perilous path
原道 yuán dào original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]
另开 另開 lìng kāi to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path)
涂径 塗徑 tú jìng path / road
岩径 岩徑 yán jìng mountain path
幽径 幽徑 yōu jìng secluded path
径迹 徑跡 jìng jì track / trajectory / path / way / means / diameter / directly
径路 徑路 jìng lù route / path
径道 徑道 jìng dào path / short-cut
微径 微徑 wēi jìng small path
徯径 徯徑 xī jìng path / way (method)
指点迷律 指點迷律 zhǐ diǎn mí lǜ to show sb how to get to the right path
斜径 斜徑 xié jìng sloping path
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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