條條大路通羅馬
简 条条大路通罗马 · 繁 條條大路通羅馬Meanings
- all roads lead to Rome
- use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 條
- tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
- 大
- dà · big, great, vast, large, high
- 路
- lù · road, path, street; journey
- 通
- tōng · pass through; common; communicate
- 羅
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- 馬
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- 条
- tiáo · clause, condition; string, stripe
- 罗
- luó · net for catching birds; gauze
- 马
- mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
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Mandarin tones
2–2–4–4–1–2–3 · tiao2 tiao2 da4 lu4 tong1 Luo2 ma3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tiu4 tiu4 daai6 lou6 tung1 lo4 maa5
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proverb
- all roads lead to Rome
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