开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn 工地 gōng dì construction site 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn 框架 kuàng jià (construction) frame / (fig.) framework 铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) syn 弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve syn 新建 xīn jiàn new construction / newly built 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project syn 柏油路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 建构 建構 jiàn gòu to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 工期 gōng qī project duration / construction period 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 空中楼阁 空中樓閣 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom) / unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans 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 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 为例 為例 wéi lì used in the construction 以...為例|以...为例, "to take ... as an example" 建行 jiàn háng China Construction Bank (abbr.) 基建 jī jiàn capital construction (project) / infrastructure syn 施工单位 施工單位 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder 中国建设银行 中國建設銀行 zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng China Construction Bank 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) 新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生產建設兵糰 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 建筑工人 建築工人 jiàn zhù gōng rén construction worker / builder 违建 違建 wéi jiàn abbr. for 違章建築|违章建筑, illegal construction 烂尾 爛尾 làn wěi (of a construction project etc) unfinished / derailed (due to critical setbacks) 合龙 合龍 hé lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction syn 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 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined 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 在建 zài jiàn under construction 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 泥灰 ní huī lime plaster (construction) 中国民主建国会 中國民主建國會 zhōng guó mín zhǔ jiàn guó huì China Democratic National Construction Association 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 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 