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铺路

pūlù

Meaning

  • to pave (with paving stones)
  • to lay a road
  • (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth)
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  • to give a present to sb to ensure success

Example

前人铺路,后人行路。

One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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