大街 dà jiē street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 街上 jiē shang on the street / in town 大道 dà dào main street / avenue syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 街头 街頭 jiē tóu street syn 街道 jiē dào street / CL:條|条[tiao2] / subdistrict / residential district syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 龌龊 齷齪 wò chuò dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty syn 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 转角 轉角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner syn 狭窄 狹窄 xiá zhǎi narrow 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 路灯 路燈 lù dēng street lamp / street light 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 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 轻轨 輕軌 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1]) 清道夫 qīng dào fū street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper syn 市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn 步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street 骂街 罵街 mà jiē to shout abuses in the street 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 狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow syn 摆摊 擺攤 bǎi tān to set up a vendor's stall in the street 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 巷战 巷戰 xiàng zhàn (military) street fighting / urban combat 临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street 街巷 jiē xiàng streets and alleys / street / alley 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 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street 街舞 jiē wǔ street dance (e.g. breakdance) 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street 险胜 險勝 xiǎn shèng to win by a narrow margin / to barely win / narrow victory 南京路 nán jīng lù Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 飙车 飆車 biāo chē street racing (motorbikes or cars) 坊间 坊間 fāng jiān street stalls / bookshops / in the streets 三里屯 sān lǐ tún Sanlitun (Beijing street name) 高程 gāo chéng altitude (e.g. above street level) / elevation syn 街头霸王 街頭霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series) 横街 橫街 héng jiē side street / road branching from the main street 三里河 sān lǐ hé Sanlihe (Beijing street name) 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 街 jiē street / CL:條|条[tiao2] 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 坊 fāng lane (usually as part of a street name) / memorial archway syn 眯 瞇 mī to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap syn 陌 mò raised path / street syn 单行道 單行道 dān xíng dào one-way street 小心眼 xiǎo xīn yǎn narrow-minded / petty syn 唐宁街 唐寧街 táng níng jiē Downing Street (London) 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 路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn 八角街 bā jiǎo jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1] 小心眼儿 小心眼兒 xiǎo xīn yǎn r small-minded / petty / narrow-minded syn 八廓街 bā kuò jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet 条案 條案 tiáo àn long narrow table syn 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 褊 biǎn narrow / urgent syn 戋 戔 jiān narrow / small 辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji 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 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 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 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 开锣喝道 開鑼喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) 泼妇骂街 潑婦罵街 pō fù mà jiē shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife 高街 gāo jiē high street (main street of a town or city) (loanword) 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 