历程

lìchéng · HSK 7

journey

🛤️ 历 = go through/experience + 程 = journey/course = the course one has traveled

历 carries the sense of passing through or experiencing (as in 经历), and 程 means a route or stage of a trip (as in 路程). Together 历程 names the whole course of progress something has gone through over time.

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