另辟蹊径 (另闢蹊徑)
lìng pì xī jìng
Pinyin

Definition

另辟蹊径 (另闢蹊徑)
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lìng pì xī jìng
  1. to take an alternate route (idiom)
  2. to find an alternative
  3. to take a different approach
  4. to blaze a new trail

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

另
lìng
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 another
  3. 3 separate
  4. 4 separately
另外
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
另一方面
lìng yī fāng miàn
  1. 1 on the other hand
  2. 2 another aspect
另加
lìng jiā
  1. 1 to add to
  2. 2 supplementary
另有
lìng yǒu
  1. 1 to have some other (reason etc)

Idioms (7)

另有企图
lìng yǒu qǐ tú
  1. 1 to have an axe to grind (idiom)
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
另谋高就
lìng móu gāo jiù
  1. 1 to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
  2. 2 to seek alternative employment
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
  1. 1 lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
  2. 2 back to square one
  3. 3 to start of on a new path
另辟蹊径
lìng pì xī jìng
  1. 1 to take an alternate route (idiom)
  2. 2 to find an alternative
  3. 3 to take a different approach
  4. 4 to blaze a new trail

Sample Sentences

哦，你说燕燕那个男同事啊，用威士忌酒帮燕燕治感冒那个？好像还是很二逼地在追她，这算是另辟蹊径吗？
ò ，nǐ shuō yànyàn nàge nán tóngshì ā ，yòng wēishìjì jiǔ bāng yànyàn zhì gǎnmào nàge ？hǎoxiàng háishì hěn èrbī de zài zhuī tā ，zhè suàn shì lìngpìxījìng ma ？
Oh, are you talking about Yanyan's colleague? the one that helped her cure her cold with whiskey? He still seems to be chasing her like an idiot, does that count as the road less travelled?
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