nán​yuán​běi​zhé

at cross-purposes

  • created reference approved 南辕北辙/南轅北轍 → 殊途同归/殊途同歸 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南辕北辙 / 南轅北轍 nán​yuán​běi​zhé

    殊途同归 / 殊途同歸 shū​tú​tóng​guī

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 南辕北辙/南轅北轍 → 背道而驰/背道而馳 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南辕北辙 / 南轅北轍 nán​yuán​běi​zhé

    背道而驰 / 背道而馳 bèi​dào'ér​chí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 南辕北辙/南轅北轍 → 北辕适楚/北轅適楚 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南辕北辙 / 南轅北轍 nán​yuán​běi​zhé

    北辕适楚 / 北轅適楚 běi​yuán​shì​chǔ

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 南辕北辙/南轅北轍 · nán​yuán​běi​zhé · at cross-purposes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南辕北辙 / 南轅北轍

    nán​yuán​běi​zhé

    at cross-purposes

    To act in a way that defeats one's own purpose; to have actions that are diametrically opposite to one's goals, like a person heading south by driving their chariot north.

    nán​yuán​běi​chè

    南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 辕 (literal) → 辕/轅 · yuán · shafts 北 (literal) → 北 · běi · north 辙 (literal) → 辙/轍 · zhé · rut

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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