汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 旁门左道
旁门左道 (旁門左道)
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
Originally refers to an unethical religious sect / Refers to the academic schools that are not decent / Now generally refers to things that are not decent
指非正统的学术流派或宗教派别。亦泛指不正当的方法﹑门径。
páng () mén zuǒ dào
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

如此儒家功,岂是你们旁门左道所能比拟的?

Such Confucianism achievement is what you side heresy in the door can compare?

我提出了当时被当做旁门左道的建议,说设计新机器或许更省钱。

I made the then heretical suggestion that it might be cheaper to design new machines.

他的剑术风格旁门左道,身体又经过机械增强,在近身格斗中占尽优势。

His unorthodox fighting form and mechanical enhancements gave him an edge in close-quarter combat.

通过旁门左道,帮助人们驯服烈狗,重整家庭秩序的狗行为专家CesarMillan因此一炮而红。

And Cesar Millan, a dog behavior specialist, has become a celebrity by helping people gain control over unruly hounds, bringing order into households with uncertain lines of authority.