Definition

1. 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.)

adj

1. divergent