歧路亡羊

Chinese

		forked road; branched road; crossroads forked road; branched road; crossroads; wrong path; wrong direction	to die; to perish	caprid
trad. (歧路亡羊)		歧路	亡	羊
simp. #(歧路亡羊)		歧路	亡	羊
Literally: “to lose a sheep on forked roads”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qílùwángyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ lou⁶ mong⁴ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílùwángyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílùwángyáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lu⁴-wang²-yang²
    • Yale: chí-lù-wáng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiluhwangyang
    • Palladius: цилуванъян (ciluvanʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lu⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ lou⁶ mong⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: kèih louh mòhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ lou⁶ mong⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ lou⁶ mong⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ lou̯²² mɔːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

歧路亡羊

1. to become lost in a complex situation; to go astray