栈道
zhàn dào
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Definitions
- 1. plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff
- 2. (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
Words Containing 栈道
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)
桩构栈道
zhuāng gòu zhàn dào
pile trestle
秦岭蜀栈道
qín lǐng shǔ zhàn dào
the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan