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路线图 (lù xiàn tú) — route map (literal, showing physical routes like roads or trails); roadmap (figurative, a plan or strategy for achieving a goal)

Definition

路线图 is literally a map of routes (roads, trails) and figuratively a strategic plan or roadmap for reaching a goal. As a set noun, it reads as one unit, not three separate words.

noun
route map (literal, showing physical routes like roads or trails)roadmap (figurative, a plan or strategy for achieving a goal)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 路线图。
    Zhè zhāng lù xiàn tú xiǎn shì le suǒ yǒu de tú bù lù xiàn.
    This route map shows all the hiking trails.
  • 路线图。
    Gōng sī zhì dìng le yí fèn wǔ nián de fā zhǎn lù xiàn tú.
    The company formulated a five-year development roadmap.
  • 路线图。
    Wǒ men xū yào yí gè qīng xī de lù xiàn tú lái wán chéng zhè ge xiàng mù.
    We need a clear roadmap to complete this project.

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.

路线route
路lùroad线xiànline
联合Coordinate
图túmap

路线 gives the routes shown, and 图 names the map.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 路 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

  • 囗囗wéiwalled city
  • 啚啚bǐ

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

Open 图 →
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