多歧亡羊
duō​qí​wáng​yáng

to lose one's way

  • created reference approved 多歧亡羊 → 歧路亡羊 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    多歧亡羊 duō​qí​wáng​yáng

    歧路亡羊 qí​lù​wáng​yáng

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 多歧亡羊 · duō​qí​wáng​yáng · to lose one's way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    多歧亡羊

    duō​qí​wáng​yáng

    to lose one's way

    To lose one's way or get nowhere because there are too many paths to choose from; figuratively, a student will fail to specialize if they study too many subjects without a clear focus.

    多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 歧 (literal) → 歧 · qí · forked 亡 (literal) → 亡 · wáng · to lose 羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep

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

    created sense