通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 自如 zì rú unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely syn 写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) syn 篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) syn 通畅 通暢 tōng chàng unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluent syn 时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) 段落 duàn luò phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage syn 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 无碍 無礙 wú ài without inconvenience / unimpeded / unhindered / unobstructed / unfettered / unhampered 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 分管 fēn guǎn to be put in charge of / to be responsible for / branched passage 透射 tòu shè to transmit / transmission (of radiation through a medium) / passage 忽忽 hū hū fleeting (of quick passage time) / in a flash / distracted manner / vacantly / frustratedly syn 花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 隧 suì tunnel / underground passage 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 珠流璧转 珠流璧轉 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá guó to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom) 峒室 dòng shì underground mine storage room / mine passage 窦道 竇道 dòu dào sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage 圣经段落 聖經段落 shèng jīng duàn luò Bible passage 车行通道 車行通道 chē xíng tōng dào traffic passage 重文 chóng wén repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters 无害通过权 無害通過權 wú hài tòng guò quán right of innocent passage 自由通过安排 自由通過安排 pass-through arrangements / free passage 通过点 通過點 tòng guò diǎn passage point 海嵴山口 海脊山口 gap / passage 通过权 通過權 right of passage 经过胎盘 經過胎盤 placental passage 通道辐射监测器 通道輻射監測器 radiation passage monitor 安全通行保证 安全通行保證 safe-passage guarantee 买路钱 買路錢 mǎi lù qián money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage / illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession 暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy 暗道 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel 一夫当关，万夫莫开 一夫當關，萬夫莫開 yī fū - dāng guān , wàn fū - mò kāi (idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand 堵截 dǔ jié to intercept / to block the passage of / to interdict syn 密道 mì dào secret passage / hidden tunnel 