one-way street; single line
Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
one-way street; road allowing traffic in one direction only
Variant form of 单行道. In standard Mandarin, 单行线 is typically pronounced dānxíngxiàn and refers to a single line/track, but here it is given the pronunciation dānxíngdào equivalent to 单行道.
The road ahead is one-way; you can't drive in there.
Many old downtown areas in this city have been converted into one-way streets.
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Please watch for signs; entering a one-way street by mistake will result in a fine.
noun
single line (printing, railway, or general); one-line track
Standard pronunciation for this meaning is dānxíngxiàn. Refers to technical contexts such as printing (single line of text), railways (single track), or general single-line configurations.
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This section of railway is a single track, requiring trains to pull aside to pass each other.