要道 (yào dào) — thoroughfare; important road or route; key passage; crucial way (in abstract sense)
Definition
要道 (yàodào) means a key road or passage, used literally for an important thoroughfare and metaphorically for the essential route to a goal. The first meaning is concrete infrastructure; the second is abstract, e.g., the path to success.
noun
thoroughfareimportant road or routekey passagecrucial way (in abstract sense)
Measure word · 条
Examples
- 要道。Zhè tiáo yào dào lián jiē zhe liǎng gè zhǔ yào de chéng shì.This thoroughfare connects two major cities.
- 要道。Tiě lù shì guó jiā de jīng jì yào dào.Railways are the economic arteries of the country.
- 要道。Zhǎng wò zhī shi shì tōng wǎng chéng gōng de yào dào.Mastering knowledge is a key passage to success.
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