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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

沿街 [yánjiē]
  1. 1. adverb Following a road. 副词
    卖花的女孩沿街叫卖, 可惜没有人买她的花。
    The flower girl sold alongside the road, but no one bought her flowers.
  2. 2. noun The places beside the street.
    这里沿街都是商铺, 很繁华。
    There are shops along the street, which make it look very prosperous.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

沿街 [yánjiē]
  1. 1. 顺着街道
    沿街卖唱。
    沿街推销货物。
  2. 2. 指街道两旁的地方
    沿街都是些小店铺。

Examples

沿街叫卖
hawk one's wares in the streets 叫卖
沿街乞讨
go begging from door to door 乞讨
沿街栽着一排排法国梧桐。
Along the streets grow lines of plane trees. 沿
他失业后一直过着沿街乞讨的生活。 乞讨
这么冷的天还有人在沿街乞讨,真让人看不过去。 看不过去
春节的傍晚, 看见流浪汉仍在沿街乞讨, 我心里很不是滋味。
Seeing waifs begging on the street on my way home on the eve of Spring Festival, I felt very bad. 流浪汉
可怜的难民们只能靠沿街讨乞为生了。
The poor refugees have to survive by begging on the streets. 讨乞
卖花的女孩沿街叫卖, 可惜没有人买她的花。
The flower girl sold alongside the road, but no one bought her flowers. 沿街
这里沿街都是商铺, 很繁华。
There are shops along the street, which make it look very prosperous. 沿街
曾经卓荦出群的他由于吸毒落到沿街乞讨的地步。
Because of drug abuse, he, who used to be outstanding, sank to begging in the streets. 卓荦

Word Decomposition

沿
[yán]
+
[jiē]

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