Usage of the character 轍

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. (chè))
(coll.) the direction of traffic
a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)
(dialect) (usu. after 有 (yǒu) or 沒／没 (méi)) way; idea

gùzhé

故辙

[故轍]

rut (made by vehicles)
(fig.) conventional ways

zhǎozhé

找辙

[找轍]

to look for a pretext

fùzhé

覆辙

[覆轍]

the tracks of a cart that overturned
(fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

chēzhé

车辙

[車轍]

wheel rut; vehicle track

hézhé

合辙

[合轍]

on the same track
in agreement
rhyming

méizhé

没辙

[沒轍]

at one's wit's end
unable to find a way out

Sū Zhé

苏辙

[蘇轍]

Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇／三苏 ( Sān Sū) and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 ( Táng Sòngbādàjiā)

hézhér

合辙儿

[合轍兒]

erhua variant of 合轍／合辙 (hézhé)

gǎixiányìzhé

改弦易辙

[改弦易轍]

change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
to dance to a different tune

nánǐméizhé

拿你没辙

[拿你沒轍]

see 拿你沒辦法／拿你没办法 (nánǐméibànfǎ)

rúchūyīzhé

如出一辙

[如出一轍]

to be precisely the same
to be no different

yīgǎigùzhé

一改故辙

[一改故轍]

complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
a volte-face
to change old practices

hézhézhīfù

涸辙之鲋

[涸轍之鮒]

lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom)
fig. a person in dire straits

chóngdǎofùzhé

重蹈覆辙

[重蹈覆轍]

lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
to repeat a disastrous mistake

rúmòhézhé

濡沫涸辙

[濡沫涸轍]

to help each other out in hard times (idiom)

píngshìjiézhé

凭轼结辙

[憑軾結轍]

to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)

nányuánběizhé

南辕北辙

[南轅北轍]

to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)