"Mistakenly" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 误 |  wù | mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly |   |
| 误杀 | wù shā | to mistakenly kill / manslaughter | |
| 误上贼船 | wù shàng zéi chuán | lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure | |
| 误植 | wù zhí | to write a word incorrectly / typo / (medicine) to mistakenly transplant (an infected organ etc) | |
| 螟蛉 | míng líng | green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.) | |
