误 (誤)
wù
Pinyin

Definition

误 (誤)
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wù
  1. mistake
  2. error
  3. to miss
  4. to harm
  5. to delay
  6. to neglect
  7. mistakenly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

失误
shī wù
  1. 1 lapse
  2. 2 mistake
  3. 3 to make a mistake
  4. 4 fault
  5. 5 service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
误
wù
  1. 1 mistake
  2. 2 error
  3. 3 to miss
  4. 4 to harm
  5. 5 to delay
  6. 6 to neglect
  7. 7 mistakenly
误会
wù huì
  1. 1 to misunderstand
  2. 2 to mistake
  3. 3 misunderstanding
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
误解
wù jiě
  1. 1 to misunderstand
  2. 2 to misread
  3. 3 misunderstanding
错误
cuò wù
  1. 1 error
  2. 2 mistake
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 mistaken
  5. 5 false
  6. 6 wrong

Idioms (3)

磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
  1. 1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
  2. 2 too smart for one's own good
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
  1. 1 to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
  2. 2 to go astray

Sample Sentences

孩子的每一点错误都造成对娘亲心灵的一万点暴击。
háizi de měi yìdiǎn cuòwù dōu zàochéng duì niáng qīn xīnlíng de yī wàn diǎn bào jī 。
Every little mistake the child makes causes ten thousand pains in her dear mother.
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不是我泼你冷水啊兄弟，我慢慢给你分析啊，咱们大多数人在看待结果的时候呢，往往都会走进归因偏差的误区，可毕竟成功不能进行片面归因。
bùshì wǒ pō nǐ lěngshuǐ ā xiōngdì ，wǒ mànmàn gěi nǐ fēnxī ā ，zánmen dàduōshù rén zài kàndài jiéguǒ de shíhou ne ，wǎngwǎng dōuhuì zǒujìn guīyīn piānchā de wùqū ，kě bìjìng chénggōng bùnéng jìnxíng piànmiàn guīyīn 。
I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, buddy. How about I break it down for you. When the majority of us are looking to an outcome, we'll often fall into the trap of an attribution bias. Although of course even if you're successful you can't carry out subjective attribution.
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可不是嘛，不要拿别人的错误惩罚自己，谦逊不是无原则的退让而是有风度地坚持底线，宝贝你最棒了！
kěbushì ma ，bù yào ná biérén de cuòwù chéngfá zìjǐ ，qiānxùn bùshì wú yuánzé de tuìràng érshì yǒu fēngdù de jiānchí dǐxiàn ，bǎobèir nǐ zuìbàng le ！
That's right. Don't punish yourself for other people's mistakes. Modesty is not just yielding to others without any principle, but rather it is insisting on a base line. You're really the best, baby!
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谢谢！我的航班延误了半小时，让您久等了。真不好意思。
xièxie ！wǒ de hángbān yánwù le bànxiǎoshí ，ràng nín jiǔděng le 。zhēn bùhǎoyìsi 。
Thank you. My flight has been delayed for half an hour and I have kept you waiting. I’m really sorry.
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近期，国家有关部门依法对联邦快递（中国）有限公司未按名址投递快件一案实施调查发现，联邦快递关于将涉华为公司快件转至美国系“误操作”的说法与事实不符。
jìnqī ，guójiā yǒuguān bùmén yīfǎ duì LiánbāngKuàidì （Zhōngguó ）yǒuxiàngōngsī wèi àn míngzhǐ tóudì kuàijiàn yī àn shíshī diàochá fāxiàn ，LiánbāngKuàidì guānyú jiāng shè Huáwéi gōngsī kuàijiàn zhuàn zhì Měiguó xì “wùcāozuò ”de shuōfǎ yǔ shìshí bùfú 。
Recently, the relevant state departments have conducted an investigation into the case of FedEx Express (China) Co., Ltd. not delivering the courier by name. It is found that FedEx’s statement that the transfer of the company’s shipments to the US of “mishandling” is inconsistent with the facts.
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看你这紧张的样子，我带点儿过敏药不就行了？毕竟美食不能耽误。
kàn nǐ zhè jǐnzhāng de yàngzi ，wǒ dài diǎnr guòmǐn yào bù jiù xíng le ？bìjìng měishí bùnéng dānwu 。
See how nervous you’ve become! I’ll just bring my allergy medications after all good food shouldn’t be delayed!
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2）摒弃不健康的饮食习惯和养生误区。例如：口味过咸过油，喜欢吃煎炸、熏制、腌制食品；片面相信某种特殊的食物具有超常的健康养生功效等。
）bìngqì bù jiànkāng de yǐnshí xíguàn hé yǎngshēng wùqū 。lìrú ：kǒuwèi guò xián guò yóu ，xǐhuan chī jiānzhá 、xūnzhì 、yānzhì shípǐn ；piànmiàn xiāngxìn mǒuzhǒng tèshū de shíwù jùyǒu chāocháng de jiànkāng yǎngshēng gōngxiào děng 。
2) Abandon unhealthy eating habits and health misunderstandings. For example: too salty and oily, fried, smoked, pickled food; one-sided believe that a particular food has extraordinary health and health effects.
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不少从事教育和文化监管的工作者认为，将家庭教育、学校教育和社会矛盾的诸多问题统统归给玩游戏本身是一种错误观念。
bùshǎo cóngshì jiàoyù hé wénhuà jiānguǎn de gōngzuòzhě rènwéi ，jiāng jiātíngjiàoyù 、xuéxiàojiàoyù hé shèhuì máodùn de zhūduō wèntí tǒngtǒng guīgěi wán yóuxì běnshēn shì yīzhǒng cuòwù guānniàn 。
Many who are working in the education and cultural field believe that it is a misconception that the problems of family education, school education and social contradictions are all attributed to the game itself.
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不可能，这当中一定有什么误会。我认识的小方是最不可能去运动的人。
bù kěnéng ，zhè dāngzhōng yīdìng yǒu shénme wùhuì 。wǒ rènshi de Xiǎo Fāng shì zuì bù kěnéng qù yùndòng de rén 。
That's not possible. There must be some misunderstanding. The Xiao Fang I know would never go to exercise.
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这真是天大的误会，那天我说不想去是因为我前一天才刚去了那家餐厅。
zhè zhēn shì tiāndà de wùhuì ，nà tiān wǒ shuō bù xiǎng qù shì yīnwèi wǒ qiányītiān cái gāng qù le nà jiā cāntīng 。
This really is quite a misunderstanding. The reason why I didn't want to go that time was because I'd just been to that restaurant the day before.
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