離題萬里

Chinese

		to digress; to stray from the subject	10,000 li; an immeasurably long distance; very long distance
trad. (離題萬里)		離題	萬里
simp. (离题万里)		离题	万里
Literally: “to stray from the subject by ten thousand li”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lítíwànlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ tai⁴ maan⁶ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lítíwànlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lítíwànlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li²-tʻi²-wan⁴-li³
    • Yale: lí-tí-wàn-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lityiwannlii
    • Palladius: литиваньли (litivanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ tʰi³⁵ wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ tai⁴ maan⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: lèih tàih maahn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ tai⁴ maan⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ tei⁴ man⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹ maːn²² lei̯¹³/

Idiom

離題萬里

1. to be completely off-topic

Synonyms

• 離題萬丈／离题万丈 (lítīwànzhàng)