南辕北辙 (南轅北轍) nán yuán běi zhé
nán yuán běi zhé
set phrase
south carriage shaft, north track; to act in a way that defeats one's purpose
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '南轅北轍'; CCI '南辕北辙', pp. 88-89; Guoyu '南轅北轍')
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- Chapter 2: Thinking about Positioning for Advantage - South to North 卷二 往好處想 ■南北 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 9 - Thinking about Positioning for Advantage 《人間萬事9－往好處去想》 — count: 2
- Scroll 2: Treasures Passed through the Generations - Conditions for Choosing a Spouse 卷二 傳家之寶 擇偶的條件 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》 — count: 1
- Scroll 2: Places - The True Meaning of Joining Forces 卷二 處眾 團結的真意 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》 — count: 1
- Scroll 2: Renewing Yourself - Intimate Friends 卷二 更新自己 知音 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 1 - Conditions for Success 《人間萬事1－成就的條件》 — count: 1
- Monasteries in the Mountains and Monasteries in the in the Cities - Monastics Living in Seclusion and Monastics Living in Society 山林寺院和都市寺院-----兼論蘭若比丘和人間比丘 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
- My Appraisal of Contemporary Characters 我對當代人物的評議 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 4 - Social Affinities 2 《百年佛緣4－社緣篇2》 — count: 1
- Society Issues Investigation (Volume 1) - A Buddhist View of 'Politics Human Rights' 社會議題探討（上冊） 佛教對「政治人權」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 1
- Life after Experiential Understanding of the Truth 證悟之後的生活 Humanistic Buddhism Series 8 - Dependent Origination and Cessation 《人間佛教系列8－緣起與還滅》 — count: 1
- My Contact with South Asian Buddhism 我和南傳佛教的往來 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 10 - Places of Practice 2 《百年佛緣10－道場篇2》 — count: 1
- Thailand 泰國 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 会南辕北辙 (會南轅北轍) 其根本義理決不會南轅北轍 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Thailand 泰國 — count: 3