辙
zhé
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4])
(coll.) the direction of traffic; a rhyme (of a song, poem etc); (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
vehicle (车) + nurture (育) + strike (攵) = rut worn by a wheel
A cart (车) moving with purpose and repetition — nurtured by 育 and driven forward by 攵 — wears a groove into the earth. The rut it leaves becomes a guide, a direction, even a rhythmic pattern others follow.
路上有很深的车辙，骑车要小心。
lù shang yǒu hěn shēn de chē zhé，qí chē yào xiǎo xīn。
There are very deep wheel ruts on the road; be careful when cycling.
这件事太难了，我实在没辙。
zhè jiàn shì tài nán le，wǒ shí zài méi zhé。
This matter is too difficult; I really have no way out.
Words with 辙
重蹈覆辙
chóng dǎo fù zhé
lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
合辙
hé zhé
on the same track
合辙儿
hé zhé r
erhua variant of 合轍|合辙[he2 zhe2]
如出一辙
rú chū yī zhé
to be precisely the same
凭轼结辙
píng shì jié zhé
to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
找辙
zhǎo zhé
to look for a pretext
拿你没辙
ná nǐ méi zhé
see 拿你沒辦法|拿你没办法[na2 ni3 mei2 ban4 fa3]
改弦易辙
gǎi xián yì zhé
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
故辙
gù zhé
rut (made by vehicles)
没辙
méi zhé
at one's wit's end