| 无意中 | wú yì zhōng | accidentally / unintentionally / unexpectedly | ![]() |
| 失手 | shī shǒu | a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated | ![]() |
| 偶一 | ǒu yī | accidentally / once in a while / very occasionally | ![]() |
| 误打误撞 | wù dǎ wù zhuàng | accidentally / to act before thinking | ![]() |
| 一不小心 | yī bù xiǎo xīn | to be a little bit careless / to have a moment of inattentiveness / accidentally | ![]() |
| 走火 | zǒu huǒ | to go off accidentally / to catch fire | ![]() |
| 误伤 | wù shāng | to injure accidentally / accidental injury | ![]() |
| 弄假成真 | nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn | pretense that turns into reality (idiom) / to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true | ![]() |
| 波洛涅斯 | Bō luò niè sī | Polonius (name) / Shakespearean character, father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet | ![]() |
| 擦枪走火 | cā qiāng zǒu huǒ | to shoot accidentally while polishing a gun / (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war | ![]() |
| 误食 | wù shí | to accidentally eat / to inadvertently ingest | ![]() |
| 踩雷 | cǎi léi | to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler | ![]() |
