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 道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 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 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 路程 lù chéng route / path traveled / distance traveled / course (of development) syn 小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn 挡路 擋路 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path syn 行径 行徑 xíng jìng (usu. pejorative) conduct / behavior / act / path / trail syn 龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means 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 走道 zǒu dào pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle 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 狭窄 狹窄 xiá zhǎi narrow syn 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path 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 畅通 暢通 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction syn 正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn 何去何从 何去何從 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow / what path to take syn 探子 tàn zi intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil 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 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 覆辙 覆轍 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past syn 探路 tàn lù to find a path syn 拦路 攔路 lán lù to block sb's path / to waylay 独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path 蹊径 蹊徑 xī jìng path / (fig.) way syn 走势 走勢 zǒu shì tendency / trend / path syn 正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course syn 险阻 險阻 xiǎn zǔ dangerous and difficult (path) syn 坡道 pō dào road on a slope / inclined path / ramp 邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways 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 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 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 狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow syn 甬道 yǒng dào walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel syn 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn 歧路 qí lù divergent path / (fig.) wrong path syn 短浅 短淺 duǎn qiǎn narrow and shallow 下坡路 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path syn 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life 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 狭义 狹義 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense 白道 bái dào (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道[hei1dao4]) / law-abiding citizenry 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 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 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 步道 bù dào walking path / pathway 重蹈 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) syn 血路 xuè lù desperate getaway (from a battlefield) / to cut a bloody path out of a battlefield 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 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 拦 攔 lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) syn 咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass syn 窄 zhǎi narrow / narrow-minded / badly off syn 轨 軌 guǐ (bound form) rail / track / course / path syn 町 tǐng raised path between fields 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 眯 瞇 mī to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap syn 陌 mò raised path / street 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 甬 yǒng path screened by walls on both sides 天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn 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 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 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 嶝 dèng path leading up a mountain 褊 biǎn narrow / urgent syn 塍 chéng raised path between fields 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 迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways syn 路向 lù xiàng road direction / (fig.) direction / path 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 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 航迹 航跡 háng jì wake (of ship) / flight path 跼 jú cramped / narrow 艜 dài a long narrow vessel with two masts 颋 頲 tǐng narrow forehead 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 