歧路亡羊

Chinese

		forked road; branched road; crossroads forked road; branched road; crossroads; wrong path; wrong direction	to die; to perish	caprid
simp. and trad. (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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qílùwángyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiluhwangyang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cílùwángyáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lu⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 jœ̽ːŋ²¹/

Idiom

歧路亡羊

to become lost in a complex situation; to go astray

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