不走尋常路

Chinese

		not; no	to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	ordinary; common; short	road; path; way
trad. (不走尋常路)		不	走	尋常	路
simp. (不走寻常路)		不	走	寻常	路
Literally: “to not take the common path”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù zǒu xúncháng lù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù zǒu xúncháng lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù zǒu syúncháng lù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ tsou³ hsün²-chʻang² lu⁴
    • Yale: bù dzǒu syún-cháng lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu tzoou shyuncharng luh
    • Palladius: бу цзоу сюньчан лу (bu czou sjunʹčan lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕyn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lu⁵¹/

Idiom

不走尋常路

1. to take an unconventional approach; to make unconventional choices