歧路

qílù
  1. divergent path
  2. (fig.) wrong path

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) wrong path; wrong direction
  2. forked road; branched road; crossroads
  3. wrong path; wrong direction

Wiktionary

  1. 自大道上分歧出去的小路。《文選．曹植．美女篇》：「美女妖且閑，采桑歧路間。」晉．陸機〈長安有狹邪行〉：「伊洛有歧路，歧路交朱輪。」也作「岐路」。
  2. 比喻偏頗錯誤的道途。如：「他因交友不慎而誤入歧路。」也作「岐路」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 歧 qí
  1. divergent
  2. side road
2 路 lù
  1. journey
  2. route
  3. line (bus etc)
  4. sort; kind

classifier: 條

Containing this entry

歧路燈 Qílù Dēng
  1. Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園 Lǐ Lǜyuán
  2. also written 岐路燈 Qílù Dēng
歧路亡羊 qílùwángyáng