Characters
- 南 (南): surname Nan
- 辕 (轅): shafts of cart; yamen
- 北 (北): north; (classical) to be defeated
- 辙 (轍): rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]); (coll.) the direction of traffic; a rhyme (of a song, poem etc); (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
Resources
- Wiktionary: 南辕北辙
- MDBG: 南辕北辙
- Examples with 南辕北辙 on Tatoeba
Examples
你要南辕北辙了。