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誤入歧途
简 误入歧途 · 繁 誤入歧途Mandarin · pinyin wù rù qí tú
Meanings
- to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
- to go astray
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4–4–2–2 · wu4 ru4 qi2 tu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ng6 jap6 kei4 tou4
Cantonese word readings for 誤入歧途. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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ng6 jap6 kei4 tou4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to fall into the wrong path (in life); to be misguided; to go astray
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