"Inadvertent" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 无意 | wú yì | inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth) |   |
| 粗心大意 | cū xīn dà yì | negligent / careless / inadvertent | |
| 郢书燕说 | Yǐng shū Yān shuō | lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise" | |
