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HSK
correct / right / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
HSK 1
mistaken; false; wrong / error; mistake / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
criss-crossed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
HSK 6
mistake; slip-up; fault; error / accident; mishap
HSK 7-9
(of a system) fault-tolerant
misconception / illusion / misperception
HSK 7-9
to make a mistake / error
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
HSK 7-9
mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault)
HSK 7-9
to make an error
to crisscross / to intertwine
intricate / complicated / tangled / involved / to synthesize
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *错* | 错* | *错
surname Cuo
to repeat errors / to continue blundering / to make continuous mistakes
to misunderstand / to get the wrong idea
to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
incorrect character / typo (in Chinese text)
astonished; startled
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
mistake / to make a mistake / to blunder / mistaken
to report an error / to give wrong information
to correct an error
to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake
HSK 7-9
unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
to misspell / to piece together incorrectly
to err / to dial a wrong number / to make a typo
to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus
insanity
to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
blunder
to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
troubleshooting / debugging / to debug / erratum / to arrange in incorrect sequence
to mishear
(computing) error message
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
fault
logical error
to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand
optical illusion / trick of the eye / parablepsia
uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess
pareidolia
(TCM) paraphasia
error and negligence
lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
having elements from another time or place
wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party
to misuse / to misapply
Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced / (medicine) to be in malposition / (fig.) erroneous; eccentric
HSK 7-9
(math.) alternate exterior angles
to be reincarnated in the wrong womb / (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)
in disorder / deranged (mentally)
lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go / a lively party
optical illusion
mixed; jumbled
missense mutation
to stagger (times)
to correct an error
misinterpretation / mistaken explanation
to be mismatched
trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法) / to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)
to mispronounce
segmentation fault
to remember incorrectly
to move relative to one another
to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter
tangled and complicated (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to blame sb wrongly
(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
illusory conjunction
seafood delicacy
to stagger (holidays, working hours etc)
rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
error note (i.e. misprinted banknote)
in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect
to make a serious mistake (idiom)
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly
to make a careless mistake / mistake; slip-up
sense of being in another time and place / feeling that one has entered a time warp
puzzled / surprised and nonplussed
(math.) alternate angles
Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven
many and varied
men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
split-level (home)
(computing) glitch / bug

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