出岔子

chū chà zi

Meaning

to go wrong; to take a wrong turning

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Characters

出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce屮凵岔chàto diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road分山子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing了一

Examples

什么可以出岔子？

Shén me kě yǐ chū chà zi?

What can go wrong?