真的那條路
最實在的一層：地上真的有這麼一條大路。
noun · B2
A main road, especially one that runs between towns.
大馬路
核心畫面
Picture standing where two roads leave the same place. One is the big open road that runs high across the land; the other drops away below it. The first meaning is simply that road. The second asks which of the two you walk when both are open to you. You can hold the pair of roads in mind as a way of seeing the expression — it is a picture to think with, not a claim about where the expression came from.
可以想成站在一個岔口：兩條路從同一個地方分出去。一條是走在高處、開闊的大路；另一條往下沉。第一個意思就是那條路本身。…更多收起
可以想成站在一個岔口：兩條路從同一個地方分出去。一條是走在高處、開闊的大路；另一條往下沉。第一個意思就是那條路本身。第二個意思問的是——兩條都能走的時候，你走哪一條。這組「高路／低路」的畫面可以當成理解這個說法的方式，是拿來想的一幅圖，不是在說這個說法的來歷。Two branches
選哪一條路
把「路」從地上搬到做人做事上：眼前有兩種做法，你走高的那條還是低的那條。這是幫助理解的連結，不是已經查證的字源。
noun · B2
To do what you believe is right, even when a meaner or easier choice is open to you — for example, refusing to answer an unfair attack in the same unfair way.
走正道