差池
chā chí
Pinyin
Definition
差池
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- mistake
- error
- mishap
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
参差不齐
- 1 (idiom) variable
- 2 uneven
- 3 irregular
参差错落
- 1 uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
- 2 in a tangled mess
城门失火,殃及池鱼
- 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
天差地別
- 1 poles apart (idiom)
- 2 as different as can be
天差地远
- 1 poles apart (idiom)
- 2 entirely different