chệch

verb

• To be slanted, to be off
  • ngậm tẩu thuốc chệch sang một bên mép: to hold a pipe slanted to one side of one's mouth
  • bắn chệch mục tiêu: to fire off the mark, to fire wide of the mark
  • đi chệch đường lối: to be off the line, not to keep to the line (policy)