| 一条路走到黑 |
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi |
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 条 |
tiáo |
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 路 |
Lù |
surname Lu |
| 路 |
lù |
road (CL:条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 走 |
zǒu |
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 到 |
dào |
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough |
| 黑 |
Hēi |
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 |
| 黑 |
hēi |
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) |