chè zhé

wagon ruts, wheel tracks

DEFINITIONS

轍 chè
  • to remove
  • to withdraw
轍 zhé
  • rut
  • track
  • rhyme
  • (dialect) way
  • method

WORDS

一改故 yī gǎi gù zhé complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction; a volte-face; to change old practices
南轅北 nán yuán běi zhé to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
hé zhé on the same track; in agreement; rhyming
兒 hé zhé r erhua variant of 合轍|合辙[he2 zhe2]
如出一 rú chū yī zhé to be precisely the same; to be no different
憑軾結 píng shì jié zhé to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
zhǎo zhé to look for a pretext
改弦易 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction; to dance to a different tune
gù zhé rut (made by vehicles); (fig.) conventional ways
méi zhé at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out
之鮒 hé zhé zhī fù lit. a fish in a dried out rut (idiom); fig. a person in dire straits
濡沫涸 rú mò hé zhé to help each other out in hard times (idiom)
sū zhé Su Zhe (1039-1112), Northern Song writer and calligrapher, one of the 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
fù zhé disastrous policy
chē zhé rut (of a wagon); track
重蹈覆 chóng dǎo fù zhé to follow the track of an overturned cart; to repeat a disastrous policy
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