贻误
yí wù
Pinyin

Definition

贻误
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yí wù
  1. to affect adversely
  2. to delay or hinder
  3. to waste (an opportunity)
  4. to mislead

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 CL:個|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 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 mistaken
  5. 5 false
  6. 6 wrong
延误
yán wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to be held up
  3. 3 to miss (an opportunity)
  4. 4 delay
  5. 5 holdup
耽误
dān wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to hold up
  3. 3 to waste time
  4. 4 to interfere with
误事
wù shì
  1. 1 to hold things up
  2. 2 to make a botch of things
误伤
wù shāng
  1. 1 to injure accidentally
  2. 2 accidental injury
误区
wù qū
  1. 1 mistaken ideas
  2. 2 misconceptions
  3. 3 the error of one's ways
误导
wù dǎo
  1. 1 to mislead
  2. 2 to misguide
  3. 3 misleading
误机
wù jī
  1. 1 to miss a plane
误杀
wù shā
  1. 1 to mistakenly kill
  2. 2 manslaughter
误点
wù diǎn
  1. 1 not on time
  2. 2 late (public transport, airlines)
  3. 3 overdue
  4. 4 behind schedule
  5. 5 delayed
勘误
kān wù
  1. 1 to correct printing errors
担误
dān wu
  1. 1 variant of 耽誤|耽误[dān wu]
正误
zhèng wù
  1. 1 true or false?
  2. 2 correct or incorrect
  3. 3 to correct errors (in a document)
无误
wú wù
  1. 1 verified
  2. 2 unmistaken
笔误
bǐ wù
  1. 1 a slip of a pen
  2. 2 CL:處|处[chù]
误信
wù xìn
  1. 1 to falsely believe
  2. 2 to be mislead
  3. 3 to fall for (a trick etc)

Idioms (5)

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
自贻伊戚
zì yí yī qī
  1. 1 to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
  1. 1 to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
  2. 2 to go astray
养痈贻患
yǎng yōng yí huàn
  1. 1 lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster
  2. 2 to cherish a viper in one's bosom

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