an unexpected trouble, accident, or complication that disrupts a plan

fork in the road

to go wrong, encounter a hitch, or have an unexpected problem or accident occur

to interrupt someone while they are speaking or to break into a conversation

to divert a conversation to another topic to avoid a certain matter

At the Crossroads, a famous Peking opera based on a story from the novel Water Margin (Shuihu Zhuan)

a point where a road or path divides or where two roads meet

a road that branches off from a main road; a byway

bifurcation

a branch stream or tributary

To deliberately look for small flaws or errors in order to criticize or to pick a quarrel.

(of a voice) husky, hoarse, or affected

to mistake one thing for another due to a lapse in vision

Nancha county in Yichun City [[伊春市|伊春市|Yi1 chun1 Shi4]], Heilongjiang

railroad switch

to hear something incorrectly or misunderstand what was said