地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn 弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve syn 平整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) syn 柏油路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn 水平面 shuǐ píng miàn horizontal plane / level surface / water level syn 羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 铁路运输 鐵路運輸 tiě lù yùn shū rail-road transport / road-rail transport / piggyback 边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 找平 zhǎo píng to level (ground) / to make level 岔 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 峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn 水平仪 水平儀 shuǐ píng yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 水准仪 水準儀 shuǐ zhǔn yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 道 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 路上 lù shang on the road / on the way / en route syn 公路 gōng lù highway / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] 道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 小路 xiǎo lù minor road / lane / pathway / trail syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 岔子 chà zi branch road / setback / accident / hiccup 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 绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path syn 路面 lù miàn road surface 坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn 路标 路標 lù biāo road sign 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul syn 越野车 越野車 yuè yě chē off-road vehicle 必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc) 交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection 山路 shān lù mountain road syn 沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road / by the wayside 要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 铺路 鋪路 pū lù 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 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 岔路 chà lù fork in the road syn 修路 xiū lù to repair a road 岔开 岔開 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject) syn 改道 gǎi dào to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse) 高架 gāo jià overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road 铺平 鋪平 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) syn 支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 岔道 chà dào side road / byway syn 岔口 chà kǒu junction / fork in road syn 弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) syn 土路 tǔ lù dirt road 便道 biàn dào pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road syn 坡道 pō dào road on a slope / inclined path / ramp 清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) syn 当道 當道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue syn 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom) syn 磕磕绊绊 磕磕絆絆 kē ke bàn bàn bumpy (of a road) / limping (of a person) syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 古道 gǔ dào ancient road / precepts of the antiquity 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 下坡路 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path syn 压路机 壓路機 yā lù jī road roller syn 康庄大道 康莊大道 kāng zhuāng dà dào broad and open road (idiom) / fig. brilliant future prospects syn 熟路 shú lù familiar road / beaten track 南路 nán lù south road 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 主干线 主幹線 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable) 罐车 罐車 guàn chē (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car / tank wagon 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road 开通 開通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service) syn 交通安全 jiāo tōng ān quán road-traffic 丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 自驾游 自駕遊 zì jià yóu to go on a self-drive tour / to go on a road trip 来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn 