"(fig.) wrong path" Chinese-English Dictionary

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歧路 qí lù divergent path / (fig.) wrong path syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
关键路径法 關鍵路徑法 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关键路径分析 關鍵路徑分析 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关键路径调查 關鍵路徑調查 critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
走错 走錯 zǒu cuò to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
将错就错 將錯就錯 jiāng cuò jiù cuò lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom) / to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong / to take a wrong turning syn
是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
出漏子 chū lòu zi to take a wrong turn / to go wrong
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?
男怕入错行,女怕嫁错郎 男怕入錯行,女怕嫁錯郎 nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
霞径 霞徑 xiá jìng a misty path / the path of the Daoist immortals
PATH 纸 PATH 紙 PATHstrip
刺儿 刺兒 cì r a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) syn
牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn
翻车 翻車 fān chē (of a vehicle) to flip over / (fig.) to go wrong / to flop syn
不痛不痒 不痛不癢 bù tòng bù yǎng lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory syn
吃错药 吃錯藥 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn
是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn
混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn
争长论短 爭長論短 zhēng cháng lùn duǎn lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble / to argue over minor issues syn
众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
成则为王,败则为寇 成則為王,敗則為寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn
投错胎 投錯胎 tóu cuò tāi to be reincarnated in the wrong womb / (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)
轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn
路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path syn
驾轻就熟 駕輕就熟 jià qīng jiù shú lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back syn
重蹈 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) syn
覆辙 覆轍 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past syn
下坡路 xià pō lù downhill road / (fig.) downhill path syn
蹊径 蹊徑 xī jìng path / (fig.) way syn
独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
狭路相逢 狹路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face syn
正路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course syn
重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé 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 syn
行不从径 行不從徑 xíng bù cóng jìng lit. not following the straight path (idiom) / fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
溜边 溜邊 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溜边儿 溜邊兒 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溪径 溪徑 xī jìng path / (fig.) way / channel
蚰蜒路 yóu yan lù lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road
飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn
路向 lù xiàng road direction / (fig.) direction / path
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer syn
没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong syn
黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn
是非 shì fēi right and wrong / quarrel syn
不平 bù píng uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied syn
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial)
长短 長短 cháng duǎn length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits syn
背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn
不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition / wrong / fishy syn
出问题 出問題 chū wèn tí to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems
相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn
犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
良知 liáng zhī innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend syn
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand syn
失足 shī zú to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life syn
一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point / everything about it is wrong syn
逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation
似是而非 sì shì ér fēi apparently right but actually wrong / specious (idiom) syn
翻盘 翻盤 fān pán to make a comeback / (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong
执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bú wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn
执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn
服输 服輸 fú shū to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right syn
理亏 理虧 lǐ kuī in the wrong syn
歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn
误入歧途 誤入歧途 wù rù qí tú to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray syn
不分青红皂白 不分青紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
乱丢 亂丟 luàn diū to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around
评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
申雪 shēn xuě to right a wrong / to redress an injustice syn
护短 護短 hù duǎn to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong syn
明辨是非 míng biàn shì fēi to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
张冠李戴 張冠李戴 zhāng guān lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another syn
出乱子 出亂子 chū luàn zi to go wrong / to get into trouble syn
倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things syn
不白之冤 bù bái zhī yuān unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice syn
fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn
弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn
bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn
不问青红皂白 不問青紅皂白 bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
颠倒是非 顛倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi to invert right and wrong syn
错车 錯車 cuò chē to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus
cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver syn
洗冤 xǐ yuān to right a wrong / to redress an injustice syn
chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn
zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn
qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) syn
jiān to wash / to redress (a wrong) / name of a river syn
不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái not distinguishing black or white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
是非分明 shì fēi fēn míng to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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