岔开

岔開
chàkāi
  1. to diverge
  2. to branch off the road
  3. to change (the subject)

CEDICT

中途转移话题。

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Entry Composition

1 岔 chà
  1. fork in road
  2. bifurcation
  3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
  4. to branch off
  5. to turn off
  6. to diverge
  7. to stray (from the path)
  8. to change the subject
  9. to interrupt
  10. to stagger (times)
2 开 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format

Related entries

叉 chǎ
  1. to diverge
  2. to open (as legs)
一个警察叉着手看着。

A policeman was watching it, with his arms crossed.

Source: Tatoeba

偏离 piānlí
  1. to deviate
  2. to diverge
  3. to wander
现代人已经偏离上帝和自然了。

Modern man has moved far away from God and from nature.

Source: Tatoeba

发散 fāsàn
  1. to disperse
  2. to diverge
分支 fēnzhī
  1. branch (of company, river etc)
  2. to branch
  3. to diverge
  4. to ramify
  5. to subdivide
分支和合併是版本控制的兩種基本操作。

Branching and merging are two basic operations of revision control.

Source: Tatoeba

岔 chà
  1. fork in road
  2. bifurcation
  3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
  4. to branch off
  5. to turn off
  6. to diverge
  7. to stray (from the path)
  8. to change the subject
  9. to interrupt
  10. to stagger (times)
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