去地铁的路上差点踩到一只壁虎。

Almost stepped on a gecko while going to the metro.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
2 地铁 dìtiě
  1. underground railway; subway
  2. subway train
=3 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=3 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=3 的 dí really and truly
=3 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=4 路上 lùshang
  1. on the road
  2. on the way; en route
=4 路上 lùshàng
  1. on the road
  2. on the way; en route
5 差点 chàdiǎn
  1. almost
  2. nearly
6 踩到 cǎidào to step on (with undesirable consequences)
7 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=8 只 zhī variant of 只 zhī
=8 只 zhǐ only; merely; just
=8 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=8 只 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=8 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=8 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
9 壁虎 bìhǔ gecko; house lizard