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Jyutping waan1 lou6
Pinyin wān lù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. winding road
  2. roundabout route
  3. detour
  4. (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    roundabout way; indirect route; detour
  2. noun
    winding road; bends
    • 連續彎路。
      连续弯路。
      lián xù wān lù .
      Winding road ahead.
    • 向左急轉彎路。
      向左急转弯路。
      xiàng zuǒ jí zhuǎn wān lù .
      Sharp curve to left.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    喺窄啲嘅弯路,尾辘总系好肯追随前轮嘅指向。
    喺窄啲嘅彎路,尾轆總係好肯追隨前輪嘅指向。
    • On a narrow, winding road, the rear wheels will inevitably point in the direction of the front wheels.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    弯路
    彎路
    wān lù
    • curved road
  2. Mandarin
    连续弯路。
    連續彎路。
    lián xù wān lù .
    • Winding road ahead.
  3. Mandarin
    向左急转弯路。
    向左急轉彎路。
    xiàng zuǒ jí zhuǎn wān lù .
    • Sharp curve to left.
  4. Mandarin
    过去我们就是鉴于他们的经验教训,少走了一些弯路,现在当然更要引以为戒。
    過去我們就是鑑於他們的經驗教訓,少走了一些彎路,現在當然更要引以為戒。
    guò qù wǒ men jiù shì jiàn yú tā men de jīng yàn jiào xùn , shǎo zǒu le yī xiē wān lù , xiàn zài dāng rán gèng yào yǐn yǐ wéi jiè .
    • It was by drawing lessons from their experience that we were able to avoid certain detours in the past, and there is all the more reason for us to do so now.
  5. Mandarin
    为了走直路而走弯路,是许多事物在发展过程中所不可避免的现象,何况军事运动。
    為了走直路而走彎路,是許多事物在發展過程中所不可避免的現象,何況軍事運動。
    wèi le zǒu zhí lù ér zǒu wān lù , shì xǔ duō shì wù zài fā zhǎn guò chéng zhōng suǒ bù kě bì miǎn de xiàn xiàng , hé kuàng jūn shì yùn dòng .
    • To take a roundabout route in order to get on to the direct route—this is inevitable in the process of development of many phenomena, especially military movements.