to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail
trad. 另闢蹊徑
Also written 另闢蹊徑【lìng pì xī jìng】
Characters in this word
4另
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other, another, separate, separately
- Pinyin
- lìng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 499 of 2500
辟
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(literary) king; monarch, (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service, (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]), (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 13
蹊
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used in 蹊蹺|蹊跷[qi1 qiao1], Taiwan pr. [xi1]
- Pinyin
- qī
- Strokes
- 17
径
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footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means, directly; straight, diameter
- Pinyin
- jìng
- Traditional
- 徑
- Strokes
- 8