不走尋常路
Chinese
| not; no | to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
ordinary; common; short | road; path; way | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不走尋常路) | 不 | 走 | 尋常 | 路 | |
| simp. (不走寻常路) | 不 | 走 | 寻常 | 路 | |
| Literally: “to not take the common path”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bù zǒu xúncháng lù
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bù zǒu syúncháng lù
- Wade–Giles: pu4 tsou3 hsün2-chʻang2 lu4
- Yale: bù dzǒu syún-cháng lù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu tzoou shyuncharng luh
- Palladius: бу цзоу сюньчан лу (bu czou sjunʹčan lu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕyn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
不走尋常路
- to take an unconventional approach; to make unconventional choices