历程 lìchéng course
course; process
How to remember 历程: 历 experience + 程 process = course.
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How it is used
- 'A course / journey (of development over time)' - 心路历程 (xīnlù lìchéng) an emotional/mental journey, 发展历程 the course of development.
- Emphasizes the whole path traversed, with its stages and struggles; more evocative than plain 过程 (process).