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跑冤枉路

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老是跑冤枉路
2
跑了不少冤枉路
3
又跑了冤枉路
4
以免跑冤枉路
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少跑冤枉路
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经常跑冤枉路

Definition

跑冤枉路

Literally means:

run the long way

Actually means:

travel some unnecessary distance

It means going the long way that is more than needed.

白白地多走了路。

Example

Used as predicate, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语,中间可插入其他词语)
1
Zuótiān
昨天
le
jiādiàn
家电
shìchǎng
市场
  
,
dànshì
但是
rènshi
认识
  
,
suǒ
所以
pǎo
le
hěnduō
很多
yuānwang
冤枉路
  

Yesterday I went to a home appliance market, but do not know the road, so ran a lot of wrong way.

2
Měi
每次
kāixué
开学
zhīqián
之前
  
,
gōngjiāo
公交
mén
部门
huì
xǐng
提醒
jiāzhǎng
家长
  
,
gòumǎi
购买
xuésheng
学生
yuèpiào
月票卡
shí
  
,
dìng
一定
yào
dài
zhèngjiàn
证件
  
,
miǎn
以免
pǎo
yuānwang
冤枉路
  

Before each start of school, the public transport department will remind parents that when buying a student monthly pass card, be sure to bring the documents, so as not to run the wrong way.

3
Yīnwèi
因为
zǒu
cuò
le
fāngxiàng
方向
  
,
suǒ
所以
pǎo
le
shǎo
不少
de
yuānwang
冤枉路
cái
zhǎodào
找到
yào
de
guǎn
旅馆
  

Because he went in the wrong direction, he ran a lot of wrong way to find the hotel he was going to.