修路

xiūlù

verb HSK 7-9 #25,578

Meanings

1 to build a road
2 to repair a road

Characters

to repair; to build

Literally 'fix/build road.'

Examples

政府正在修路，交通很不方便。

Zhèngfǔ zhèngzài xiūlù, jiāotōng hěn bù fāngbiàn.

The government is doing road work, so traffic is very inconvenient.

要想富，先修路。

Yào xiǎng fù, xiān xiūlù.

If you want to get rich, first build roads.

Tips

culture

要想富，先修路 (yào xiǎng fù, xiān xiūlù — 'to get rich, first build roads') is one of China's most famous slogans from the reform era. It was painted on walls across rural China and became the unofficial motto of the country's massive infrastructure boom.

Stroke Order

修 xiū

路 lù