sai lạc
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Erroneous; incorrect; wrong: Describes a direction, path, principle, or method that is not correct, deviating from the proper, intended, or true course.
- Deviant; divergent: Describes something that has strayed or diverged from an established standard, norm, or original path.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Phương hướng sai lạc sẽ dẫn đến thất bại. (An erroneous direction will lead to failure.)
- Tài liệu này chứa thông tin sai lạc. (This document contains incorrect information.)
- Tư tưởng sai lạc cần được uốn nắn. (Deviant thinking needs to be corrected.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe fundamental errors in ideology, policy, or moral compass.
- Can describe the state of being led astray or corrupted from an original, pure form.
- Bản dịch đã bị sai lạc so với nguyên tác. (The translation has become divergent from the original work.)
Variants and Related Words
Sai lệch (adj): deviant, discrepant. Often used for statistical or factual deviations.
- Số liệu có sự sai lệch nhỏ. (The data has a small discrepancy.)
Sai trái (adj): wrongful, immoral. Strongly implies moral or ethical wrongness.
- Hành động sai trái. (Wrongful action.)
Synonyms
- Incorrect: Not in accordance with fact or truth.
- Erroneous: Containing or based on error.
- Deviant: Departing from accepted standards.
Related Idioms
- Đi sai đường lạc lối: To go down the wrong path, to be lost. Emphasizes being lost due to a fundamental error in direction.
- Thanh niên dễ đi sai đường lạc lối nếu không có sự hướng dẫn. (Young people can easily go down the wrong path without guidance.)