Definition
歧途 literally means a fork in the road, but in modern Chinese it is almost always used figuratively to mean a wrong path in life — going astray morally or making bad decisions. You'll often see it in phrases like 误入歧途 ('to go astray by mistake') and 走上歧途 ('to take the wrong path'). The literal sense of a physical fork is rare in everyday speech.
n.
(figurative) wrong paththe course of error or evil(literal) fork in the roadbranch road
Examples
- 歧途。Tā zǒu shàng le qí tú.He went astray.
- 歧途。Nǐ yào xiǎoxīn bú yào zǒu shàng qí tú.You must be careful not to go astray.
- ,歧途。Tā jíshí huítóu, méiyǒu zài qí tú shàng yuè zǒu yuè yuǎn.She turned back in time and didn't go further down the wrong path.
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