走彎路

See also: 走弯路

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	winding road; bends; roundabout way winding road; bends; roundabout way; indirect route; detour
trad. (走彎路)		走	彎路
simp. (走弯路)		走	弯路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒu wānlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄨㄢ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² waan¹ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒu wānlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄨㄢ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒu wanlù
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³ wan¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: dzǒu wān-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoou uanluh
    • Palladius: цзоу ваньлу (czou vanʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² waan¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: jáu wāan louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² waan¹ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² wan¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵ lou̯²²/

Verb

走彎路

1. (figuratively) to waste one's time and energy because one has followed the wrong direction; to take an indirect route