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Change log entry 62682
Processed by: richwarm (2016-12-05 10:21:16 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 59298 - submitted by 'ycandau' >>
Rich, what you said about 小路 applies to 抄小路, and similar constructs.
Don't trust LA:
「要爭取時間,抄小路比較快」taking a shortcut is faster? duh!

to take a shortcut would be specifically 走近路 I guess.

of course when you take the side streets it's often as a shortcut. But not only; maybe you don't want to be on the main road
敌军已经两天抄小路绕行...
我们几个在寒风中有时沿着公路、有时抄小路,艰难的向珠峰靠近...

google for more uses and tell me what you think. Pretty busy here, was just peeking at the queue
I guess our def for 抄 is not very good either.

Editor: Yes, I think you're right.
I found these examples:
- 當曹成主力傾巢而出後,岳飛親率精兵抄小路遠距離迂迴到曹成後方,一舉攻占曹成大本營。
- 韩信却率军暗中抄小路迂回到陈仓,发起突然袭击,
- 抄小路的目的无非是为了省力气,或者是做一些非法的勾当。
- 正因为大家自以为是,放着大道不走,反而喜欢走弯曲的田埂小路; 或许他们认为抄小路比较快,却没有考虑到小路纵然没使他跌倒,却容易使他深陷泥沼不能自拔。
- 那麼,你應該將身體縮成最小體積、抄小路隱蔽地逃走
Diff:
- 抄小路 抄小路 [chao1 xiao3 lu4] /to take a shortcut through the back roads/
+ 抄小路 抄小路 [chao1 xiao3 lu4] /to take the back roads/to take the side streets/to take the small paths/
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