歧路亡羊
qí​lù​wáng​yáng

to go astray

  • created sense approved 歧路亡羊 · qí​lù​wáng​yáng · to go astray — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    歧路亡羊

    qí​lù​wáng​yáng

    to go astray

    (idiom) to get lost in a complex situation because there are too many paths; refers to a loss of direction among many possibilities resulting in failure to achieve a goal.

    歧路 (literal) → 歧路 · qí​lù · wrong path 亡 (bound) → 亡 · wáng · to lose 羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep

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

    created sense