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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

捷径

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiéjìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shortcut/ˈʃɔːt.kʌt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"通过公园的捷径让我们节省了十分钟。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A quicker or more direct way of doing something.

    "Taking the shortcut through the park saved us ten minutes."
  2. 2

    A route that is shorter than the usual one.

    "We found a shortcut that leads directly to the beach."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'short' (from Old English 'sceort') and 'cut' (from Middle English 'cutten'), emerging in the late 19th century. Originally used literally to describe a path shorter than the usual one, it evolved metaphorically to represent any quick method or efficient means of accomplishing a task.

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