條條大路通羅馬
tiáo​tiáo​dà​lù​tōng​luó​mǎ

all roads lead to Rome

  • created sense approved 条条大路通罗马/條條大路通羅馬 · tiáo​tiáo​dà​lù​tōng​luó​mǎ · all roads lead to Rome — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    条条大路通罗马 / 條條大路通羅馬

    tiáo​tiáo​dà​lù​tōng​luó​mǎ

    all roads lead to Rome

    all roads lead to Rome; there are many different ways to achieve the same result or reach the same goal

    条条 (reduplication) → 条/條 · tiáo · [long/narrow things] 大路 (literal) → 大路 · dà​lù · main road 通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to lead to 罗马 (literal) → 罗马/羅馬 · luó​mǎ · Rome

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense