修路 (xiū lù) — to repair a road; to build a road
Definition
修路 covers both repairing an existing road and building a new one; the two meanings are read from context (e.g. 修好 = finish repairing; 一条新路 = build a new one). It is a verb-object phrase, not a single verb.
verb
to repair a roadto build a road
Examples
- 修路。Gōng rén men zhèng zài xiū lù.The workers are repairing the road.
- 。Qù nián cūn lǐ xiū le yì tiáo xīn lù.Last year the village built a new road.
- 。Zhè tiáo lù xiū le bàn nián cái xiū hǎo.This road took half a year to finish repairing.
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