旁门左道 — Chinese idiom
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
Traditional: 旁門左道
Meaning
- dissenting religious sect ; heretical school of opinion
- dissident group
Character by character
- 旁pángside; beside, close, nearby
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 左zuǒleft; unorthodox, improper
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Idioms sharing a character
- 冷眼旁观 lěng yǎn páng guān
- 旁敲侧击 páng qiāo cè jī
- 旁观者清 páng guān zhě qīng
- 袖手旁观 xiù shǒu páng guān
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
- 分门别类 fēn mén bié lèi
- 名门望族 míng mén wàng zú
- 夺门而出 duó mén ér chū
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