绕道

Traditional form:

繞道

Pinyin (reading):

ràodào

Definitions:

• to go by a roundabout route
• to take a detour
• (medicine or civil engineering) bypass

Characters:

• 绕 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 道 - method, way; path, road

Traditional characters:

• 繞 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 道 - method, way; path, road