路段 lùduàn stretch of road
stretch of road; section of a highway or railway
How to remember 路段: 路 road + 段 piece = stretch of road.
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How it is used
- A specific stretch/section of a road or route - 这段路段经常堵车 (zhè duàn lùduàn jīngcháng dǔchē) this stretch of road often gets jammed.
- Traffic and transport vocabulary; 段 marks it as one segment of a longer road (事故多发路段 accident-prone section).
- Concrete and neutral - a physical piece of roadway, unlike 路途 (the journey) or 路径 (the route/method).