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 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 交通 jiāo tōng to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison syn 开通 開通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service) syn 贩卖 販賣 fàn mài to sell / to peddle / to traffic syn 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 自驾游 自駕遊 zì jià yóu to go on a self-drive tour / to go on a road trip 来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn 堵车 堵車 dǔ chē traffic jam / (of traffic) to get congested 边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 交管 jiāo guǎn traffic control 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 逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation 活路 huó lù through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence syn 引流 yǐn liú to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online 过路费 過路費 guò lù fèi toll (fee for using a road) 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 道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 公路 gōng lù highway / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 路上 lù shang on the road / on the way / en route syn 流量 liú liàng flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data 南路 nán lù south road 车祸 車禍 chē huò traffic accident / car crash / CL:場|场[chang2] 交警 jiāo jǐng traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1tong1 jing3cha2]) 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 路面 lù miàn road surface 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 山路 shān lù mountain road syn 小路 xiǎo lù minor road / lane / pathway / trail syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road / by the wayside 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 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 通车 通車 tōng chē to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path syn 枢纽 樞紐 shū niǔ hub (e.g. of traffic network) / hinge / pivot / fulcrum syn 相交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends syn 丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 车道 車道 chē dào traffic lane / driveway 铺设 鋪設 pū shè to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab) syn 越野车 越野車 yuè yě chē off-road vehicle 浏览量 瀏覽量 liú lǎn liàng (website) traffic / page views / volume of website traffic 必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc) 贩毒 販毒 fàn dú to traffic narcotics / drugs trade / opium trade 古道 gǔ dào ancient road / precepts of the antiquity 路况 路況 lù kuàng road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) 便道 biàn dào pavement / sidewalk / shortcut / makeshift road syn 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster 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 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road 整条 整條 zhěng tiáo entire / whole (fish, road etc) 走错 走錯 zǒu cuò to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc) 支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 压路机 壓路機 yā lù jī road roller syn 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 养路费 養路費 yǎng lù fèi road maintenance tax (China) 转盘 轉盤 zhuàn pán turntable / rotary (traffic) 铁路运输 鐵路運輸 tiě lù yùn shū rail-road transport / road-rail transport / piggyback 沿路 yán lù along the way / on the way / area beside a road 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection 红绿灯 紅綠燈 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light / traffic signal 高架 gāo jià overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road 弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve 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 车流 車流 chē liú traffic / rate of traffic flow 修路 xiū lù to repair a road 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 通航 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service 弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) syn 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 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 联运 聯運 lián yùn through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises 环岛 環島 huán dǎo traffic circle / rotary / roundabout / to travel around an island 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 路标 路標 lù biāo road sign 要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn 闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 岔开 岔開 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject) syn 塞车 塞車 sāi chē traffic jam syn 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 下坡路 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path syn 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 单行 單行 dān xíng to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 交通规则 交通規則 jiāo tōng guī zé traffic rules / rules of the road 避让 避讓 bì ràng to avoid / to yield (in traffic) / to get out of the way syn 交通警察 jiāo tōng jǐng chá traffic police 堵死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 