GO ASTRAY  迷路迷

WALK so as to BECOME CONFUSED IN-RELATION-TO the WAY one DESIRES to FOLLOW.
LOSE ONE'S WAYCONFUSED
Antonym
  • ARRIVEREACH a PLACE one was INTENDING to GO-TO. [NB: THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN ARRIVE AND REACH ARE NOT PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE ATTRIBUTIONS. CHECK THESE!]
    Hypernym
    • WALKMOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
          • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The standard word for going astray is mí 迷, and this refers to any form of disorientation purely local and abstract.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    迷路

    迷途

    不知所措

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      STRAY

      errare is to stray about aimlessly because one has gone astray.

      vagari is to wander about aimlessly as a deliberate form of entertainment or a chosen way of life.

      palari refers to the act of separating oneself from one's company and going one's own way.

    Words

    迷  mí OC: mii MC: mei 16 Attributions

    The standard word for going astray is mí 迷, and this refers to any form of disorientation purely local and abstract.

      Syntactic words
    • DELETEactallow oneself to get lost, allow oneself to lose one's way
    • vadNlost, gone-astray
    • vilose one's way, be at a loss about where to go (temporarily); allow oneself to get lost
    • vt+prep+Nlose one's way in; go astray into
    • vtoNlose (the trail); lose one's way so as to get caught up in
    • vtoNcausativecause to lose one's way, make confused
    失道  shī dào OC: lʰiɡ ɡ-luuʔ MC: ɕit dɑu 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactabstract: act in negligence of the proper Way
    • VPieventlose one's way
    迷失  mí shī OC: mii lʰiɡ MC: mei ɕit 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNgo astray in; go astray with regard to
    行迷  xíng mí OC: ɢraaŋ mii MC: ɦɣaŋ mei 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPigo astray

    Existing SW for

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