条条大路通罗马

tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng luó mǎ

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Definitions

1. all roads lead to Rome
2. use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

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Child Words of 条条大路通罗马

• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 条 条 tiáo: strip
• 罗 罗 luó: gauze
• 路 路 lù: road
• 通 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 马 马 mǎ: horse
• 大路 大路 dà lù: avenue
• 罗马 罗马 luó mǎ: Rome, capital of Italy