粵

誤ng6入jap6歧kei4途tou4

simp误入歧途
ng6 jap6 kei4 tou4wù rù qí tú

English

  1. to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
  2. to have gone or been led astray morally; off the right track; to take the wrong path
  3. to go astray

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 受到迷惑而開始做壞事

Examples

  • 因為啲壞朋友佢先會誤入歧途。

    Because of his bad friends, he has been led astray.

  • 问路总比误入歧途好。

    Better to ask the way than go astray.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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