车辙 (chē zhé) — rut (groove left by wheels in a road); track, route (for vehicles)
Definition
Literally "cart rut" — the physical groove worn into a road by repeated wheel traffic. Distinct from a route or path: 轨道 is the engineered rail/track, while 车辙 is the imprint left by vehicles.
noun
rut (groove left by wheels in a road)trackroute (for vehicles)
Measure word · 道
Examples
- 车辙。Yǔ hòu de tǔ lù shang liú xià le shēn shēn de yì chē zhé.Deep ruts were left on the dirt road after the rain.
- 车辙。Gǔ dài mǎ chē de chē zhé zhì jīn réng qīng xī kě jiàn.The ruts of ancient horse-drawn carts are still clearly visible.
- 车辙，。Zhè tiáo lǎo lù yǐ jīng méi yǒu chē zhé le, shuō míng hěn jiǔ méi rén zǒu.This old road no longer has any ruts, which means no one has used it for a long time.
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