迷不知返 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path

Character by character

• 迷míto bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuated
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
• 返fǎnto restore, to return, to revert to

Idioms sharing a character

• 执迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù
• 目眩神迷 mù xuàn shén mí
• 目迷五色 mù mí wǔ sè
• 破除迷信 pò chú mí xìn
• 纸醉金迷 zhǐ zuì jīn mí
• 财迷心窍 cái mí xīn qiào
• 迷离惝恍 mí lí chǎng huǎng
• 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
• 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
• 一字不差 yī zì bù chà

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