弯路 (wān lù) — winding road; crooked path; (figurative) mistake; wrong path; detour (in life)

Definición

Literally 'crooked road'; figuratively 'a detour or wrong path' in life, meaning time wasted on mistakes. 走弯路 means to learn by trial and error, contrasted with 直路 (the straight path / doing it right).

noun
winding roadcrooked path(figurative) mistakewrong pathdetour (in life)
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Ejemplos

  • 弯路
    Zhè tiáo shān lù yǒu hěn duō wān lù, kāi chē yào xiǎo xīn.
    This mountain road has many winding sections; drive carefully.
  • 弯路
    Tā nián qīng de shí hou zǒu le bù shǎo wān lù, dàn xiàn zài hěn chéng gōng.
    He made many mistakes when he was young, but now he is very successful.
  • Wǒ xī wàng nǐ néng shǎo zǒu wān lù, zhí jiē zhǎo dào shì hé zì jǐ de lù.
    I hope you can avoid unnecessary detours and directly find a path that suits you.

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