沿途可曾休息
“Did you stop to rest along the way?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
诩都吴城这条路
“the Xudu–Wucheng route to get here.”
沿途可曾休息
“Did you stop to rest along the way?”
一路荒僻
“It was desolate all the way,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Politely showing concern for the hardships of long, dangerous travel between distant cities was an essential social courtesy in historical China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
along the way; en route
A formal and versatile word indicating the entire duration or path of travel.
have you ever; did you by chance
A formal, polite literary rhetorical adverb used to introduce past-oriented questions.