各路 (gè lù) — all kinds of; from all walks of life; various

Definition

A pronoun meaning 'from all quarters / every kind of' — used before people (各路英雄 'heroes from all corners') to emphasize that they come from many different places or fields.

pronoun
all kinds offrom all walks of lifevarious

Examples

  • 各路。
    gè lù Yīng xióng qí jù yì táng.
    Heroes from all corners gathered together.
  • 各路。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài xī yǐn le gè lù hǎo shǒu cān jiā.
    This competition attracted experts from various fields.
  • 各路。
    Lái zì gè lù de zhì yuàn zhě men yì qǐ nǔ lì.
    Volunteers from all walks of life worked together.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

各gèeach
路lùroad

各 means each or various and 路 means road or path, extended to groups or walks of life.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

各 shows a sole of a foot (夂) coming into an entrance (口), for the sense of coming or entering.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

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