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路: road

By December 30, 2014December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

路 fàng

noun | measure word
: road; journey
: route; line (bus)
: kind; sort

Kun Reading

路 | じ ji

suffix
: route; road
: distance travelled in a day
: (with decade) one’s … age …

路 | ち chi

noun
: (Archaism) way; road; (Noun suffix) way to …; road to …

路 | みち michi

noun
: road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
: distance; ways (e.g. “a long ways”)
: the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one’s way; morals
: teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
: field (of medicine, etc.); subject
: way; method; means

On Reading

ろ ro

 Usage:

路線[线] lu4xian4: itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road) [ろせん rosen: route; line; alignment]
路上 lu4shang: on the road; on a journey; road surface [ろじょう roshou: (on the) road; (on the) way)]
路口 lu4kou3: crossing; intersection (of roads)
路過[过] lu4guo4: to pass by or through
思路 si1lu4: train of thought; thinking; reasoning
走路 zou3lu4: walk; to go on foot [そうろ souro: race track/course]
走彎路 zou3 wan1lu4: take an indirect route; waste time
道路 dao4lu4: road; way [どうろ touro]
馬路 ma3lu4: street; road
公路 gong1lu4: highway; road [こうろ kouro: public road; highway]
半路 ban4lu4: halfway; midway

丁字街 ding1zi4 jie1: t-junction [丁字路 | ていじろ teiji ro: T-junction]

理路 li3lu3: logic [りろ riru]
網[网]路 wang3lu4: network (computer, telecom); Internet [インタネット | intanetto: internet]
迷路 mi2 lu4: to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
[めいろ meiro: maze; labyrinth; blind alley]
冤枉路 yuan1 wang5 lu4: pointless trip; not worth the trip



Japanese expression / idiom
路傍の人 | ろぼうのひと rohou no hito
: utter stranger; mere passerby; outsider

路頭に迷う | ろとうにまよう rotou ni mayou
: to be adrift in the streets; to be out in the cold

一路順風 | いちろじゅんぷう ichiro junpuu
: sailing before the wind; everything is going well

人生行路 | じんせいこうろ jinsei kouro
: journey of life

待てば海路の日和有り | まてばかいろのひよりあり mate bakairo no hi yoriari
: Everything comes to him who waits



Chinese idiom
一路順風 [一路顺风] yi1 lu4 shun4 feng1
: to have a pleasant journey

窮途末路 [穷途末路] qiong2 tu2 mo4 lu4
: lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road; an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end

無路可退 [无路可退] wu2 lu4 ke3 tui4
: without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one’s bridges

走投無路 [走投无路] zou3 tou2 wu2 lu4
: to be at an impasse; in a tight spot; at the end of one’s rope; desperate

人生路不熟 ren2 sheng1 lu4 bu4 shu2
: everything is unfamiliar

天無絕人之路 [天无绝人之路] tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4
: Heaven never bars one’s way; don’t despair and you will find a way through. Never give up hope. Never say die.

進退無路 [进退无路] jin4 tui4 wu2 lu4
: to have no alternative

上天無路,入地無門 [上天无路,入地无门] shang4 tian1 wu2 lu4 , ru4 di4 wu2 men2
: lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth; fig. to be at the end of one’s rope; to be trapped in a hopeless situation

條條大路通羅馬 [条条大路通罗马] tiao2 tiao2 da4 lu4 tong1 luo2 ma3
: all roads lead to Rome; use different means to obtain the same result

眼觀六路耳聽八方 [眼观六路耳听八方] yan3 guan1 liu4 lu4 er3 ting1 ba1 fang1
: lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert

行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 [行万里路胜读万卷书] xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan3 shu1
: to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books

行萬里路,讀萬卷書 [行万里路,读万卷书] xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan3 shu1
: Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world

車到山前必有路,船到橋頭自然直 [车到山前必有路,船到桥头自然直] che1 dao4 shan1 qian2 bi4 you3 lu4 , chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2
: lit. When we get to the mountain, there’ll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. fig. Everything will turn out for the best. Let’s worry about it when it happens. It will be all right on the night

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(zu2: foot) suggests the meaning while
(ge4: each) provides the sound.

 Music:


沿海公路的出口 – S.H.E.
 

作詞:黃建洲
作曲:鄭楠
編曲:鍾興民 合聲編寫:ELLA/郭文宗
演唱:S.H.E

E:用一根火柴燒一場蜃樓
  借這場大雨讓自己逃走
  荒茫公路無人的漂泊
  寂寞海嘯把我捲走

  用一段感情換一個朋友
  每一句再見割一道傷口
  躲在萬劫不復的街頭
  微笑參透覆水難收

H:倘若說放一次手
  就像咳一個嗽
  我又何苦在乎得不到的溫柔

S:我坐在公路的出口
  等待天黑以後 無邊的寂寞
  連想你都是種殘酷切磋

H:我目送沿海的日落
  緊抱一個醉生夢死的枕頭
  游不出回憶卻學不會放手 怎麼走

E:倘若說放一次手
  就像咳一個嗽
  我又何苦在乎得不到的溫柔(H:得不到的)

S:我坐在公路的出口
  等待天黑以後 無邊的寂寞
  連想你都是種殘酷切磋

H:我目送沿海的日落
  緊抱一個醉生夢死的枕頭
  游不出回憶卻學不會放手 怎麼走
  WO~~HO~~AR~~

S:我坐在公路的出口
  等待天黑以後 無邊的寂寞 (H:無邊)(E:無邊)
  連想你都是種殘酷切磋(H:HA~~~~)
  我目送沿海的日落 (H:HO~~)
  緊抱一個醉生夢死的枕頭 (H:WOWO~~HA)
  游不出回憶卻學不會放手 (H:不會放手)

S&H:怎麼走

credit: S.H.E.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary