走彎路

See also: 走弯路

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	winding road; bends; roundabout way winding road; bends; roundabout way; indirect route; detour
trad. (走彎路)		走	彎路
simp. (走弯路)		走	弯路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒu wānlù

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄨㄢㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² waan¹ lou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒu wānlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄨㄢㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒu wanlù
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³ wan¹-lu⁴
  - Yale: dzǒu wān-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoou uanluh
  - Palladius: цзоу ваньлу (czou vanʹlu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² waan¹ lou⁶
  - Yale: jáu wāan louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² waan¹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² wan¹ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵ lou̯²²/

Verb

走彎路

(figuratively) to waste one's time and energy because one has followed the wrong direction; to take an indirect route

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