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讹误
é wù
Pinyin
Definition
讹误
-
é wù
error in a text
text corruption
Character Decomposition
讹
讠
亻
匕
误
讠
口
一
大
Related Words
(20)
失误
shī wù
1
lapse
2
mistake
3
to make a mistake
4
fault
5
service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
误
wù
1
mistake
2
error
3
to miss
4
to harm
5
to delay
6
to neglect
7
mistakenly
误会
wù huì
1
to misunderstand
2
to mistake
3
misunderstanding
4
CL:個|个[gè]
误解
wù jiě
1
to misunderstand
2
to misread
3
misunderstanding
错误
cuò wù
1
error
2
mistake
3
CL:個|个[gè]
4
mistaken
5
false
6
wrong
延误
yán wu
1
to delay
2
to be held up
3
to miss (an opportunity)
4
delay
5
holdup
耽误
dān wu
1
to delay
2
to hold up
3
to waste time
4
to interfere with
误事
wù shì
1
to hold things up
2
to make a botch of things
误伤
wù shāng
1
to injure accidentally
2
accidental injury
误区
wù qū
1
mistaken ideas
2
misconceptions
3
the error of one's ways
误导
wù dǎo
1
to mislead
2
to misguide
3
misleading
误机
wù jī
1
to miss a plane
误杀
wù shā
1
to mistakenly kill
2
manslaughter
误点
wù diǎn
1
not on time
2
late (public transport, airlines)
3
overdue
4
behind schedule
5
delayed
勘误
kān wù
1
to correct printing errors
担误
dān wu
1
variant of 耽誤|耽误[dān wu]
正误
zhèng wù
1
true or false?
2
correct or incorrect
3
to correct errors (in a document)
无误
wú wù
1
verified
2
unmistaken
笔误
bǐ wù
1
a slip of a pen
2
CL:處|处[chù]
讹
é
1
error
2
false
3
to extort
Idioms
(4)
以讹传讹
yǐ é chuán é
1
to spread falsehoods
2
to increasingly distort the truth
3
to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
1
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
2
fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
3
a beard well lathered is half shaved
聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
1
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
2
too smart for one's own good
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
1
to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
2
to go astray
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