"Mistake" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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错误 cuò wù error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] / mistaken / false / wrong
误会 wù huì to misunderstand / to mistake / misunderstanding / CL:個|个[ge4]
失误 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
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
过错 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
搞错 gǎo cuò mistake / to make a mistake / to blunder / mistaken
差错 chā cuò mistake / slip-up / fault / error (in data transmission) / accident / mishap
看错 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
错失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
走眼 zǒu yǎn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
疏失 shū shī to make a (careless) mistake / oversight
差池 chā chí mistake / error / mishap
误 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly
拧 nǐng mistake / to twist
阙 quē used in place of 缺 / (old) / mistake
傎 diān inversion / mistake
訧 yóu fault / mistake
失错 shī cuò to make a careless mistake / mistake / slip-up
差失 chā shī mistake / slip-up
差讹 chā é error / mistake
差误 chā wù mistake
纰缪 pī miù error / mistake
讹谬 é miù error / mistake
误看 wù kàn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
违失 wéi shī fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct
出错 chū cuò to make a mistake / error
认错 rèn cuò to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake
失手 shī shǒu a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated
犯错 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
辫子 biàn zi plait / braid / pigtail / a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent / handle / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
乌龙 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
大过 dà guò serious mistake / major demerit
嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake
纰漏 pī lòu careless mistake / slip-up
重蹈覆辙 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake
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
补过 bǔ guò to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends
小过 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
犯 fàn to violate / to offend / to assault / criminal / crime / to make a mistake / recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
漏 lòu to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old)
千虑一失 qiān lu:4 yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human
众盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
铸成大错 zhù chéng dà cuò to make a serious mistake (idiom)
倒彩 dào cǎi adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
服软 fú ruǎn to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion
前车之覆，后车之鉴 qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom) / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
失之毫厘，谬以千里 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差之千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差以千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
后车之鉴 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom) / don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
拼写错误 pīn xiě cuò wù spelling mistake / written error
智者千虑，必有一失 zhì zhě qiān lu:4 , bì yǒu yī shī lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom) / fig. nobody is infallible
眼岔 yǎn chà to mistake for sth else
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
读音错误 dú yīn cuò wù mistake of pronunciation
过而能改，善莫大焉 guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
好心倒做了驴肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
手滑 shǒu huá to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
事不过三 shì bù guò sān a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom) / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / bad things don't happen more than three times
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