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 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 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 缠绕 纏繞 chán rào twisting / to twine / to wind / to pester / to bother 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 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path 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 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 甬道 yǒng dào walled-in path / paved pathway / canopied passageway / corridor / tunnel syn 歧路 qí lù divergent path / (fig.) wrong path syn 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 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 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 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 一骨碌 yī gū lu with a rolling or twisting movement / in a single movement / in one breath syn 拦 攔 lán to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) 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 陌 mò raised path / street 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 纡 紆 yū winding / twisting 甬 yǒng path screened by walls on both sides 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 拗断 拗斷 ǎo duàn (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc) 偏航 piān háng to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc) / to go off course / to yaw 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 嶝 dèng path leading up a mountain 塍 chéng raised path between fields 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 航迹 航跡 háng jì wake (of ship) / flight path 穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end syn 行不从径 行不從徑 xíng bù cóng jìng lit. not following the straight path (idiom) / fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study 邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty syn 关键路径法 關鍵路徑法 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey 关键路径分析 關鍵路徑分析 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey 关键路径调查 關鍵路徑調查 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey 霞径 霞徑 xiá jìng a misty path / the path of the Daoist immortals PATH 纸 PATH 紙 PATHstrip 湾环 灣環 wān huán twisting river 盘盘 盤盤 pán pán twisting and turning 绕绕 繞繞 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky 羊肠小径 羊腸小徑 yáng cháng xiǎo jìng winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine) 造型气球 造型氣球 zào xíng qì qiú balloon modeling / balloon twisting 七弯八拐 七彎八拐 qī wān - bā guǎi (idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated 嵼 chǎn winding mountain path 公园小径效应 公園小徑效應 gōng yuán xiǎo jìng xiào yìng garden path effect 驮运路 馱運路 tuó yùn lù a bridle path 误入歧途效应 誤入歧途效應 wù rù qí tú xiào yìng garden path effect 傒 xī (old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1] / to wait / servant / path 埇 yǒng raised path 畷 chuò raised path between fields 榃 tán raised path between fields 隒 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream / a rough mountain path 仄径 仄徑 zè jìng narrow path 兔径 兔徑 tù jìng narrow winding path 危径 危徑 wēi jìng steep and perilous path 原道 yuán dào original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] 另开 另開 lìng kāi to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path) 涂径 塗徑 tú jìng path / road 岩径 岩徑 yán jìng mountain path 幽径 幽徑 yōu jìng secluded path 径迹 徑跡 jìng jì track / trajectory / path / way / means / diameter / directly 径路 徑路 jìng lù route / path 径道 徑道 jìng dào path / short-cut 微径 微徑 wēi jìng small path 徯径 徯徑 xī jìng path / way (method) 指点迷律 指點迷律 zhǐ diǎn mí lǜ to show sb how to get to the right path 斜径 斜徑 xié jìng sloping path 