familiar road; beaten track
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
familiar road; habitual route; beaten path
Equivalent to 熟路. Often used with the suffix -儿 (熟道儿) in spoken language to indicate a familiar route one takes regularly.
Tā他
chāo抄
shú熟
dào道
r儿
zǒu走
，
bú不
dào到
shí十
fēn分
zhōng钟
jiù就
dào到
jiā家
le了
。
He took the familiar shortcut and got home in less than ten minutes.
Zhè这
tiáo条
lù路
shì是
wǒ我
de的
shú熟
dào道
，
bì闭
zhe着
yǎn眼
jing睛
dōu都
néng能
zǒu走
。
This road is my familiar route—I could walk it with my eyes closed.
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Bié别
zǒu走
shēng生
dào道
，
hái还
shì是
zǒu走
shú熟
dào道
r儿
bǎo保
xiǎn险
。
Don't take an unfamiliar road; it's safer to stick to the familiar route.