Dictionary › 铺路

铺路

pū lù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 鋪路

铺路 (pū lù) means "to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 铺路 means

1. to pave (with paving stones)
2. to lay a road
3. (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth)
4. to give a present to sb to ensure success

The characters in 铺路

• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 路lùroad; journey; route

Example sentences

• 前人铺路，后人行路。
  Qiánrén pūlù, hòurén xínglù.
  One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pū lù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.