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出路

chūlù

way out; prospect; outlet

A person in a green maze turns toward a sunlit gap.
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Characters in this word

出 chū

Strokes
5
Radical
凵 — container
Made of
屮 sprout 凵 container
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

路 lù

Strokes
13
Radical
足 — foot
Made of
足 foot 各 individual
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 对资源枯竭型城市而言,产业转型才是长远出路。 Duì zīyuán kūjiéxíng chéngshì ér yán, chǎnyè zhuǎnxíng cái shì chángyuǎn chūlù. For resource-depleted cities, industrial transformation is the only long-term way out.
  • 他一直在为公司寻找新的出路。 Tā yìzhí zài wèi gōngsī xúnzhǎo xīn de chūlù. He has been searching for a new way out for the company.
  • 学这个专业,毕业后有什么出路? Xué zhège zhuānyè, bìyè hòu yǒu shénme chūlù? If you study this major, what prospects are there after graduation?

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