邪路

xiélù

noun #36,982

Measure Word

一条邪路 tiáo

Meanings

1 evil path; wicked way
2 the wrong road (morally)
3 (literal) shortcut / side road (older sense)

Characters

evil / heretical

Examples

他交了坏朋友，慢慢走上了邪路。

Tā jiāo le huài péngyou, mànmàn zǒu shàng le xiélù.

He fell in with bad friends and slowly went down the wrong path.

父母担心儿子走邪路。

Fùmǔ dānxīn érzi zǒu xiélù.

The parents worried that their son would go astray.

做生意要走正道，别走邪路。

Zuòshēngyi yào zǒu zhèngdào, bié zǒu xiélù.

In business you should follow the right path, not the wrong one.

Tips

usage

邪路 today almost always pairs with the verb 走 (zǒu) 'to walk': 走邪路 'to go down the wrong path'. The directly opposite expression is 走正道 'to follow the right path'. The older literal meaning of 'side / shortcut road' has mostly faded from modern speech.

Stroke Order

邪 xié

路 lù