罗拉 羅拉 luó lā roller (loanword) 歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn 弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve syn 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 柏油路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road 旱冰 hàn bīng roller skating 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster syn 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce / to wipe the floor with / to be far superior 签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 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 轧辊 軋輥 zhá gǔn (steelmaking) roll / roller / CL:根[gen1] 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) 过山车 過山車 guò shān chē roller coaster 轮滑 輪滑 lún huá roller skating 卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind 滚子 滾子 gǔn zi roller 卷帘门 捲帘門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door / roller shutter door 轴 軸 zhóu axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc syn 碾 niǎn stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk 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 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 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 辊 輥 gǔn roller 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 碾子 niǎn zi roller (used for milling or crushing) syn 滑旱冰 huá hàn bīng (roller)blading / roller skating / inline skating 暴走鞋 bào zǒu xié Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel) 碡 dú stone roller 碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 磙 gǔn roller / to level with a roller 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 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) 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 康庄大道 康莊大道 kāng zhuāng dà dào broad and open road (idiom) / fig. brilliant future prospects 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