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迷路

mí lù · mi lu

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HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to lose the way
  2. lost
  3. labyrinth
  4. labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
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  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)是不是(shìbùshì)迷路(mílù)了(le)？这(zhè)条(tiáo)路(lù)刚才(gāngcái)走过(zǒuguò)。

    Are we lost? We walked this road a moment ago.

  2. Dengdeng

    没有(méiyǒu)，我(wǒ)有(yǒu)地图(dìtú)，不会(bùhuì)迷路(mílù)。

    No, I have a map. We won't get lost.

  3. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)把(bǎ)地图(dìtú)拿反了(náfǎnle)。

    But you are holding the map upside down.

  4. Dengdeng

    哦(ò)，难怪(nánguài)我们(wǒmen)一直(yīzhí)迷路(mílù)。

    Oh, no wonder we keep getting lost.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)问问(wènwèn)卖(mài)烤红薯(kǎohóngshǔ)的(de)大叔(dàshū)吧(ba)。

    Then let us ask the roasted sweet potato seller.

  6. Dengdeng

    他(tā)说(shuō)他(tā)卖了(màile)十年(shínián)红薯(hóngshǔ)，还是(háishi)会(huì)迷路(mílù)！

    He says he has sold sweet potatoes for ten years and still gets lost!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)第(dì)一(yī)次(cì)来(lái)拜(bài)访(fǎng)你(nǐ)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)迷(mí)路(lù)了(le)。

I got lost when I visited you for the first time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Yepthatscool · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)迷(mí)路(lù)了(le)，紧(jǐn)接(jiē)着(zhe)天(tiān)开(kāi)始(shǐ)下(xià)雨(yǔ)了(le)。

She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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