| 走弯路 |
zǒu wān lù |
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method |
| 走 |
zǒu |
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 弯 |
wān |
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道 |
| 弯路 |
wān lù |
winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) |
| 路 |
Lù |
surname Lu |
| 路 |
lù |
road (CL:条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |