通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn 龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn 狭窄 狹窄 xiá zhǎi narrow syn 写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) syn 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 狭小 狹小 xiá xiǎo narrow 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 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil syn 篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) syn 时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) 段落 duàn luò phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage syn 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 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 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 分管 fēn guǎn to be put in charge of / to be responsible for / branched passage 狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow syn 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn 短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow 透射 tòu shè to transmit / transmission (of radiation through a medium) / passage 忽忽 hū hū fleeting (of quick passage time) / in a flash / distracted manner / vacantly / frustratedly 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 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time 狭义 狹義 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense 夹道 夾道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract 险胜 險勝 xiǎn shèng to win by a narrow margin / to barely win / narrow victory 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths syn 卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed syn 一衣带水 一衣帶水 yī yī dài shuǐ (separated only by) a narrow strip of water syn 局 jú cramped / narrow syn 缝 縫 fèng seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4] syn 夹 夾 gā hold between / lined / narrow lane syn 咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass syn 窄 zhǎi narrow / narrow-minded / badly off syn 眯 瞇 mī to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap syn 小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn 偏狭 偏狹 piān xiá prejudiced / narrow-minded syn 隘 ài (bound form) narrow / (bound form) a defile / a narrow pass syn 仄 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry) syn 天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn 条案 條案 tiáo àn long narrow table syn 隧 suì tunnel / underground passage 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 褊 biǎn narrow / urgent syn 戋 戔 jiān narrow / small 孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 跼 jú cramped / narrow 艜 dài a long narrow vessel with two masts 颋 頲 tǐng narrow forehead 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 珠流璧转 珠流璧轉 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 井蛙之见 井蛙之見 jǐng wā zhī jiàn the view of a frog in a well (idiom) / fig. a narrow view 小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty syn 打小算盘 打小算盤 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter syn 斗筲之器 dǒu shāo zhī qì person narrow-minded and shortsighted 螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger 窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street 假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá guó to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom) 峒室 dòng shì underground mine storage room / mine passage 窦道 竇道 dòu dào sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage 圣经段落 聖經段落 shèng jīng duàn luò Bible passage 车行通道 車行通道 chē xíng tōng dào traffic passage 通行无阻 通行無阻 tōng xíng wú zǔ unobstructed passage / to go through unhindered syn 重文 chóng wén repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters 无害通过权 無害通過權 wú hài tòng guò quán right of innocent passage 自由通过安排 自由通過安排 pass-through arrangements / free passage 通过点 通過點 tòng guò diǎn passage point 海嵴山口 海脊山口 gap / passage 通过权 通過權 right of passage 经过胎盘 經過胎盤 placental passage 通道辐射监测器 通道輻射監測器 radiation passage monitor 安全通行保证 安全通行保證 safe-passage guarantee 买路钱 買路錢 mǎi lù qián money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage / illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession 暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy 暗道 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel 一夫当关，万夫莫开 一夫當關，萬夫莫開 yī fū - dāng guān , wàn fū - mò kāi (idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand 堵截 dǔ jié to intercept / to block the passage of / to interdict syn 密道 mì dào secret passage / hidden tunnel 逼仄 bī zè narrow / cramped syn 頲 tǐng narrow forehead 交臂失之 jiāo bì shī zhī to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity syn 仄径 仄徑 zè jìng narrow path 兔径 兔徑 tù jìng narrow winding path 壑沟 壑溝 hè gōu ditch / narrow strip of water / moat 少间 少間 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) 弦月窗 xián yuè chuāng a narrow slit window / a lunette 心窄 xīn zhǎi narrow-minded / intolerant syn 心胸狭窄 心胸狹窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi (idiom) narrow-minded / petty / ungenerous 心胸狭隘 心胸狹隘 xīn xiōng xiá ài narrow / petty-minded 斗筲 dǒu shāo an ancient bamboo container / narrow-mindedness 束狭 束狹 shù xiá narrow (of waterway) / a bottleneck 