走弯路

to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

to bend / bent / a bend / a turn (in the road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:道[dao4]

winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)

surname Lu

road / CL:條|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind