蹊径

lín jiān xī jìng

林间蹊径

path through the forest

tā zuò xué wen shí bù yán zhe gǔ rén de xī jìng zǒu

她做学问时不沿着古人的蹊径走。

She doesn't keep to the beaten path of the ancients when he does research.

lìng pì xī jìng

另辟蹊径

take a new approach

dú pì xī jìng

独辟蹊径

open a new road for oneself