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栈道
棧道
zhàndào
1.
plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff
2.
(archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
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桩构栈道
zhuānggòuzhàndào
pile trestle
秦岭蜀栈道
Qínlǐngshǔzhàndào
the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míngxiūzhàndào,àndùChéncāng
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River [[渭河<WèiHé>]] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang [[劉邦|刘邦<LiúBāng>]] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu [[項羽|项羽<XiàngYǔ>]] of Chu)
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