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出路

chū lù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

出路 (chū lù) means "a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 出路 means

1. a way out (lit. and fig.)
2. opportunity for advancement; a way forward
3. outlet (for one's products)

The characters in 出路

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 路lùroad; journey; route

Example sentences

• 那是唯一的出路。
  Nàshi wéiyī de chūlù.
  It was the only way to go.

Words containing 出路

• 自谋出路zì móu chū lù(idiom) to take matters into one's own hands; to go it alone; to fend for oneself

Sounds the same

Read chū lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 出露to emerge
• 初露first sign (of budding talent)

Where 出路 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chóu–chū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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