busy city streets; the cross roads; real life; real society ❍ 但是，那时的情形，却连在～、在民间、在宫间，前五十年的超时代的革命文学家也似乎没有看到，…… (鲁迅《三闲集·通信 “回信”》77) But either did those revolutionary critics as the cross-roads,among the people or acting as officials,who were fifty years in advance of their day,foresee the events of that time; …
十字街头shí zì jiē tóu
指道路交叉、行人往来频繁的热闹街道。crisscross streets, busy city streets