另辟蹊径

lìng pì xī jìng

to find a new way round

Character by character

另lìng
another

辟pì
open up

蹊xī
foot-

径jìng
path

既然这条路走不通，我们只好另辟蹊径。

Since this road is blocked, we shall have to find another way.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 106 · HSK 7–9: 芯片与人工智能 (Chips and artificial intelligence)

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