阴差阳错 Chinese English dictionary 阴差阳错 translate 阴差阳错 pinyin

阴差阳错

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
阴差阳错 yīnchāyángcuò	阴差阳错 \| 阴差阳错* \| *阴差阳错	(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events	陰差陽錯

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
阴	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	6画阜阝 + 4	yīn, yìn, ān	'female' principle; dark; secret	jam1	陰 7722 NLB


差	差 \| 差* \| *差	9画工 + 7	chà, chāi	to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer	caa1	8021.1 TQM


阳	阳 \| 阳* \| *阳	6画阜阝 + 4	yáng	'male' principle; light; sun	joeng4	陽 7620 NLA


错	错 \| 错* \| *错	13画钅 + 8	cuò, cù	error, blunder, mistake; wrong	co3	錯 8476 XCTA

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Simplified		English Definition
阴差阳错 yīnchāyángcuò	阴差阳错 \| 阴差阳错* \| *阴差阳错	(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events


阴 Yīn	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	surname Yin


阴 yīn	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia


阴 yīn	阴 \| 阴* \| *阴	variant of 陰｜阴


差　chā	差 \| 差* \| *差	difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly


差　chà	差 \| 差* \| *差	different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]


差　chāi	差 \| 差* \| *差	to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post


差　cī	差 \| 差* \| *差	used in 參差｜参差


阳　　yáng	阳 \| 阳* \| *阳	positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰｜阴


错　　　Cuò	错 \| 错* \| *错	surname Cuo


错　　　cuò	错 \| 错* \| *错	mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver