"错" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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错
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(Bushou)		 金
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Decomp. 钅廿日
钅 + 昔
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错 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
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错误 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4]
错过 cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc)
错觉 cuò jué misconception / illusion / misperception
错失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
错愕 cuò è astonished / startled
错位 cuò wèi to be wrongly positioned / to be dislocated / to be misplaced / (medicine) to be in malposition / (fig.) erroneous / eccentric
错乱 cuò luàn in disorder / deranged (mentally)
错字 cuò zì incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text)
错落 cuò luò strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven
错爱 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
错开 cuò kāi to stagger (times)
错怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly
错案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
错综 cuò zōng intricate / complicated / tangled / involved / to synthesize
错判 cuò pàn miscarriage of justice
错杂 cuò zá mixed / jumbled
错处 cuò chu fault
错车 cuò chē to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus
错报 cuò bào misstatement
错层 cuò céng split-level (home)
错动 cuò dòng to move relative to one another
错读 cuò dú to mispronounce
错峰 cuò fēng to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
错角 cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate angles
错解 cuò jiě misinterpretation / mistaken explanation
错漏 cuò lòu error and negligence
错那 Cuò nà Cona county, Tibetan: Mtsho sna rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
错配 cuò pèi to be mismatched
错票 cuò piào error note (i.e. misprinted banknote)
错视 cuò shì optical illusion / trick of the eye / parablepsia
错时 cuò shí to stagger (holidays, working hours etc)
错用 cuò yòng to misuse / to misapply
错语 cuò yǔ (TCM) paraphasia
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错别字 cuò bié zì incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
错误的  wrongful
错那县 Cuò nà xiàn Cona county, Tibetan: Mtsho sna rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá tangled and complicated (idiom)
错落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom) / irregular arrangement with charming effect
错落不齐 cuò luò bù qí disorderly and uneven (idiom) / irregular and disorderly
错失行为  wrongdoing
错觉结合 cuò jué jié hé illusory conjunction
错义突变 cuò yì tū biàn missense mutation
错误的结合 cuò wù de jié hé illusory conjunction
错觉结合的词 cuò jué jié hé de cí illusory word
错开上下班时间  staggered working hours
Approximate Results for 错
不错 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good
没错 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
出错 chū cuò to make a mistake / error
过错 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
交错 jiāo cuò to crisscross / to intertwine
搞错 gǎo cuò mistake / to make a mistake / to blunder / mistaken
做错 zuò cuò to make an error
认错 rèn cuò to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake
差错 chā cuò mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap
纠错 jiū cuò to correct an error
看错 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
犯错 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
弄错 nòng cuò to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand
走错 zǒu cuò to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
听错 tīng cuò to mishear
大错 dà cuò blunder
改错 gǎi cuò to correct an error
拼错 pīn cuò to misspell / to piece together incorrectly
试错 shì cuò trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4 fa3]) / to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)
报错 bào cuò to report an error / to give wrong information
程错 chéng cuò (computing) glitch / bug
璀错 cuǐ cuò many and varied
打错 dǎ cuò to err / to dial a wrong number / to make a typo
海错 hǎi cuò seafood delicacy
记错 jì cuò to remember incorrectly
惊错 jīng cuò puzzled / surprised and nonplussed
揪错 jiū cuò lit. to grab wrong / misconception / blunder / howler
排错 pái cuò troubleshooting / debugging / to debug / erratum / to arrange in incorrect sequence
盘错 pán cuò intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter
容错 róng cuò (of a system) fault-tolerant
失错 shī cuò to make a careless mistake / mistake / slip-up
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吃错药 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
纳木错 Nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
打错了 dǎ cuò le "you have dialed the wrong number"
段错误 duàn cuò wù segmentation fault
会错意 huì cuò yì to misunderstand / to get the wrong idea
视错觉 shì cuò jué optical illusion
投错胎 tóu cuò tāi to be reincarnated in the wrong womb / (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)
外错角 wài cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate exterior angles
羊卓错 Yáng zhuó cuò Yamdroktso lake in central Tibet
纵横交错 zòng héng jiāo cuò criss-crossed (idiom)
将错就错 jiāng cuò jiù cuò lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom) / to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
盘根错节 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
觥筹交错 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
参差错落 cēn cī cuò luò uneven and jumbled (idiom) / irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess
大错特错 dà cuò tè cuò to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
履舄交错 lu:3 xì jiāo cuò lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom) / fig. many guests come and go / a lively party
山珍海错 shān zhēn hǎi cuò rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom) / fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
议论纷错 yì lùn fēn cuò see 議論紛紛|议论纷纷[yi4 lun4 fen1 fen1]
阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
阴错阳差 yīn cuò yáng chā (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
铸成大错 zhù chéng dà cuò to make a serious mistake (idiom)
重大错报  material misstatement
交错变相  intertonguing
交错轮调  staggered rotation
尝试错误 cháng shì cuò wù to proceed by trial and error / to learn by making mistakes
出错信息 chū cuò xìn xī error message (computing)
读音错误 dú yīn cuò wù mistake of pronunciation
交错沉积 jiāo cuò chén jī intertonguing
精神错乱 jīng shén cuò luàn insanity
类比错误 lèi bǐ cuò wù analogy error
逻辑错误 luó ji cuò wù logical error
忙中有错 máng zhōng yǒu cuò rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
民事过错 mín shì guò cuò civil wrong
蟠根错节 pán gēn cuò jié variant of 盤根錯節|盘根错节[pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2]
拼写错误 pīn xiě cuò wù spelling mistake / written error
声旁错误 shēng páng cuò wù phonological error
时空错置 shí kōng cuò zhì having elements from another time or place
羊卓雍错 yáng zhuó yōng cuò Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
一错再错 yī cuò zài cuò to repeat errors / to continue blundering / to make continuous mistakes
冤假错案 yuān jiǎ cuò àn unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
知错能改 zhī cuò néng gǎi to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
群落交错区  ecotone
空想性错视 kōng xiǎng xìng cuò shì pareidolia
时空错置感 shí kōng cuò zhì gǎn sense of being in another time and place / feeling that one has entered a time warp
运行时错误 yùn xíng shí cuò wù run-time error (in computing)
追还错误付款  recovery of erroneous disbursements
艾宾浩斯错觉 ài bīn hào sī cuò jué Ebbinghaus
交错介质污染 jiāo cuò jiè zhì wū rǎn cross-media pollution
差错及不合规定之处  errors and irregularities
男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 nán pà rù cuò háng , nu:3 pà jià cuò láng men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
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