to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
trad. 走彎路
Also written 走彎路【zǒu wān lù】
Characters in this word
3走
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to walk, to go, to run, to move (of vehicle), to visit, to leave, to go away, to die (euph.), from, through, away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]), to change (shape, form, meaning)
- Pinyin
- zǒu
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 60 of 2500
弯
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to bend, bent, a bend; a turn (in a road etc), CL:道[dao4]
- Pinyin
- wān
- Traditional
- 彎
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9631 of 2500
路
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surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 725 of 2500