nan2
yuan2
bei3
zhe2
  1. to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)

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

Examples

你要南辕北辙了。

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