误入歧途 — Chinese idiom
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
Traditional: 誤入歧途
Meaning
- to take a wrong step in life
- to go astray
Character by character
- 误wùerror, fault, mistake; to delay
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 歧qíto diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road
- 途túway, road, path, journey, course
Idioms sharing a character
- 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
- 先入为主 xiān rù wéi zhǔ
- 入土为安 rù tǔ wéi ān
- 入境问俗 rù jìng wèn sú
- 入情入理 rù qíng rù lǐ
- 入乡随俗 rù xiāng suí sú
- 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ
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