dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
trad. 旁門左道
Also written 旁門左道【páng mén zuǒ dào】
Characters in this word
4旁
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one side, other, different, lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- Pinyin
- páng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5433 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500
左
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surname Zuo
- Pinyin
- Zuǒ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2677 of 2500
道
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road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]), (bound form) way; reason; principle, (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization, (Daoism) the Way; the Dao, to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel), (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words), classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process, (old) circuit (administrative division)
- Pinyin
- dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1253 of 2500