WordTaiwan frequency #23,512
南轅北轍
ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄜˋ
“actions and goals completely at odds; moving in the opposite direction of one's intended destination; running counter to one's purpose”
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南
ㄋㄢˊ
South; southern; southward; the direction opposite of north; also used in Buddhist chants; a surname.
轅
ㄩㄢˊ
Shaft of a cart or carriage; government office or yamen; surname; to change or replace.
北
ㄅㄟˇ
The cardinal direction north; northern; northward; a northern army; to be defeated; to flee in defeat.
轍
ㄔㄜˋ
Wheel track or rut; a rhyme in a song or poem; a way or method; a plan or idea; the direction of traffic.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 北市ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋTaipei.
- 北京ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥcapital city of China; Beijing municipality; political, cultural, and educational center of the country.
- 南韓ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊSouth Korea; Republic of Korea; country on the Korean Peninsula between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea.
- 北韓ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄢˊNorth Korea; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- 越南ㄩㄝˋ ㄋㄢˊVietnam; a Southeast Asian country on the eastern Indochinese Peninsula.
- 南投ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊa city and county in central Taiwan
- 南部ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋsouthern part (of a region or country); the south; often contrasted with the north.
- 南海ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇSouth China Sea; a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean bordered by mainland China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asian countries.
- 北部ㄅㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋnorthern part; the north of a region; the northern area; northern section; northern portion
- 南京ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥNanjing, a major city in Jiangsu province, eastern China; historically served as capital during the Ming dynasty and the Republic of China.
- 東南亞ㄉㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄚˋSoutheast Asia; the region comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and East Timor.
- 南投縣ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋNantou County; a county in central Taiwan; the only landlocked county in Taiwan, covering about 4,100 sq km.