误人子弟
wù​rén​zǐ​dì

to lead students astray

  • created sense approved 误人子弟/誤人子弟 · wù​rén​zǐ​dì · to lead students astray — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    误人子弟 / 誤人子弟

    wù​rén​zǐ​dì

    to lead students astray

    (of an incompetent or lazy teacher) to hamper students' progress or misguide them

    误 (literal) → 误/誤 · wù · to harm 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 子弟 (literal) → 子弟 · zǐ​dì · younger generation

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 误人子弟/誤人子弟 · wù​rén​zǐ​dì · to misguide the youth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    误人子弟 / 誤人子弟

    wù​rén​zǐ​dì

    to misguide the youth

    (of media, books, or speech) to propagate errors or provide a bad influence to the younger generation

    误 (literal) → 误/誤 · wù · to harm 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 子弟 (literal) → 子弟 · zǐ​dì · younger generation

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

    created sense