Word information
Simplified冤家路窄
Traditional冤家路窄
Pinyinyuān jiā lù zhǎi
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Chinese word dictionary
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi · lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
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大家dàjiā
everyone; influential family; great expert
家jiāhome; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]; used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
路lùroad (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind; surname Lu
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out