错 (錯)
cuò
Pinyin

Definition

错 (錯)
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cuò
  1. mistake
  2. wrong
  3. bad
  4. interlocking
  5. complex
  6. to grind
  7. to polish
  8. to alternate
  9. to stagger
  10. to miss
  11. to let slip
  12. to evade
  13. to inlay with gold or silver
错 (錯)
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Cuò
  1. surname Cuo

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不错
bù cuò
  1. 1 correct
  2. 2 right
  3. 3 not bad
  4. 4 pretty good
错
Cuò
  1. 1 surname Cuo
错误
cuò wù
  1. 1 error
  2. 2 mistake
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 mistaken
  5. 5 false
  6. 6 wrong
错过
cuò guò
  1. 1 to miss (train, opportunity etc)
交错
jiāo cuò
  1. 1 to crisscross
  2. 2 to intertwine

Idioms (16)

参差错落
cēn cī cuò luò
  1. 1 uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
  2. 2 in a tangled mess
大错特错
dà cuò tè cuò
  1. 1 to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
将错就错
jiāng cuò jiù cuò
  1. 1 lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake
  2. 2 to accept an error and adapt to it
  3. 3 to muddle through
履舄交错
lǚ xì jiāo cuò
  1. 1 lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go
  2. 2 a lively party
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies

Sample Sentences

产量高，生产难免会出错。你们怎么控制品质呢？
chǎnliàng gāo ，shēngchǎn nánmiǎn huì chūcuò 。nǐmen zěnme kòngzhì pǐnzhì ne ？
With high output, errors will inevitably occur in production. How do you control quality?
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啊，我坐错了。
a ，wǒ zuò cuò le 。
Oh, I took the wrong seat.
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先生说，“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？”
xiānsheng shuō ，“cuò le 。shì Shānxī ，búshi Shǎnxī 。”tā shuō ：“Shǎnxī tóng Shānxī ，búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
“Wrong!” the teacher corrected him. “It is Shanxi not Shaanxi.” Mr. Chabuduo said, “Well aren't Shanxi and Shaanxi just about the same?"
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女孩儿又递给他两张票，说：不好意思，昨晚我不小心拿到错的票放进信封里了。那两张是我在上海的跳蚤市场淘到的古董，这两张才是这周六的门票，就这么巧，恰恰是一样的日期。
nǚháiēr yòu dì gěi tā liǎng zhāng piào ，shuō ：bùhǎoyìsi ，zuówǎn wǒ bù xiǎoxīn nádào cuò de piào fàngjìn xìnfēng lǐ le 。nà liǎng zhāng shì wǒ zài Shànghǎi de tiàozǎoshìchǎng táo dào de gǔdǒng ，zhè liǎng zhāng cái shì zhè zhōuliù de ménpiào ，jiù zhème qiǎo ，qiàqià shì yīyàng de rìqī 。
The girl gave him two tickets again, and she said, "Sorry, I put the wrong tickets into the envelope last night. Those are the antique I picked out at a flea market in Shanghai, and these two tickets are the ones for this Saturday. It's such a coincidence that they're the same date." She said.
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哇，布达拉宫、唐古拉山、纳木错…都是我垂涎了很久的地方，无奈身体不好，不敢去海拔那么高的地方。
wā ，Bùdálāgōng 、Tánggǔlāshān 、Nàmùcuò …dōu shì wǒ chuíxián le hěn jiǔ de dìfang ，wúnài shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bù gǎn qù hǎibá nàme gāo de dìfang 。
Wow, the Potala Palace, Tanggula Mountain, Namtso…are all places I have been coveting for a long time, but I’m afraid to go to high altitude places due to my poor health.
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你懂什么，等我到了川藏那边，能睡个大通铺喝口热水就不错啦。
nǐ dǒng shénme ，děng wǒ dào le ChuānZàng nàbian ，néng shuì ge dàtōngpù hē kǒu rèshuǐ jiù bùcuò la 。
What do you know? It’s not bad already if I can get some sleep in a shelter with long beds and drink hot water when I get to Sichuan-Tibet
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归根到底是我的错。
guīgēndàodǐ shì wǒ de cuò 。
Ultimately I’m at fault.
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没事的。不过……你怎么总在和我道歉呢，明明空调是我上次来弄坏的，也是我一直拖延没去修，你怎么说得像是自己的错一样？
méishì de 。bùguò ……nǐ zěnme zǒng zài hé wǒ dàoqiàn ne ，míngmíng kōngtiáo shì wǒ shàngcì lái nònghuài de ，yě shì wǒ yīzhí tuōyán méi qù Xiū ，nǐ zěnme shuō de xiàng shì zìjǐ de cuò yīyàng ？
It’s nothing. But...why are you always apologizing to me, obviously I was the one who broke the AC and been delaying the repairs so why do you say it is your own fault?
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我也有错，没有把心里真实的想法和你说。
wǒ yě yǒu cuò ，méiyǒu bǎ xīnli zhēnshí de xiǎngfǎ hé nǐ shuō 。
I’m also in the wrong for not telling you the truth.
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第一次看还是阴差阳错地陪老人家去公园组织的老电影放映会，谁知我第一眼就爱上了，从此一发不可收拾。
dìyīcì kàn háishi yīnchāyángcuò de péi lǎorénjiā qù gōngyuán zǔzhī de lǎodiànyǐng fàngyìnghuì ，shéizhī wǒ dìyīyǎn jiù àishàng le ，cóngcǐ yīfābùkěshōushi 。
The first time I watched an old movie, was at a screening party at a park when I accompanied an elderly. Who could guess that I would fall in love with it at first sight, and can be controlled since.
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