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抄近路
chāo​jìn​lù

to take a shortcut

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
抄近路 chāo//jìn​lù
to take a shortcut
1. To travel along the shortest path to reach a destination. 2. To attempt to achieve a goal by using a fast or clever method instead of doing things the hard way.

Frequency

Written text
0.224 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 抄近 chāo​jìn

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)