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误入歧途

wù rù qí tú

4-character word Traditional 誤入歧途

What 误入歧途 means

1. to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
2. to go astray

The characters in 误入歧途

• 误wùmistake; error; to miss
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 途túway; route; road

Example sentences

• 问路总比误入歧途好。
  Wènlù zǒng bǐ wùrùqítú hǎo.
  Better to ask the way than go astray.