Definitions
- 1. fork in road
- 2. bifurcation
- 3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
- 4. to branch off
- 5. to turn off
- 6. to diverge
- 7. to stray (from the path)
- 8. to change the subject
- 9. to interrupt
- 10. to stagger (times)
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Note: "岔" is mainly used for physical diverging paths or roads, not for abstract divergences like "career fork."
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1 shown别打 岔 !
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 岔
interruption
At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn]
to go wrong
bifurcation
Nancha district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
Nancha district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
junction
branch road
branch stream
(of a voice) husky
fork in the road
side road
to diverge
railroad switch
to look for blemishes
to mistake for sth else
to mishear
railroad switch
see 隔三差五|隔三差五[gé sān chà wǔ]