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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *短* | 短* | *短
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罪* | 罪* | *罪
guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin
HSK 6
fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
HSK 5
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
fault; blame
shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points
HSK 3
weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
collision in which only one party is at fault
mistake; slip-up; fault; error / accident; mishap
HSK 7-9
malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)
HSK 6
(of a system) fault-tolerant
to look for / to seek / to find fault
mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
HSK 7-9
to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with
error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
HSK 7-9
to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt
fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime)
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical
to attack sb by exposing faults / to denounce
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
to expose sb's faults or shortcomings
fault zone (geology)
normal fault (geology)
nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing
San Andreas Fault, California
fault
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阙* | 阙* | *阙
Imperial city watchtower (old) / fault / deficiency
double fault (in tennis)
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
fault / error
knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults
to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *訧* | 訧* | *訧
fault / mistake
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饰* | 饰* | *饰
decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
geological fault line
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment
strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
(idiom) impossible to fault / impeccable
to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults
to look for blemishes / to find fault / nitpicking
to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault
Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line / Mt Longmen in Shandong / Mt Longmen in Henan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愆* | 愆* | *愆
fault / transgression
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尤* | 尤* | *尤
outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against
foot fault (tennis etc)
segmentation fault
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咎* | 咎* | *咎
fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune
to find fault
to find fault / to carp / nitpicking
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
transform fault (geology)
overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision
lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home
strike fault (geology)
crime / offense / fault
to pick a quarrel / to find fault / nitpicking
to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault
foot fault (tennis etc)
thrust fault (geology) / compression fault
to compare two unsatisfactory things / to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism) / whataboutery
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碴* | 碴* | *碴
fault / glass fragment / quarrel
San Andreas Fault, California / also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层
to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault / to nitpick
reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佚* | 佚* | *佚
lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of
fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct


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