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HSK
(idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong
incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
HSK 1
right and wrong / quarrel
HSK 7-9
uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
to feel wronged / to cause sb to feel wronged / grievance
HSK 7-9
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile
HSK 7-9
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
mistaken; false; wrong / error; mistake / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
HSK 4
to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around
in the wrong
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems
not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
not in good condition / wrong / fishy
mispronounced or wrongly written character
to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
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
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
to go wrong / to take a wrong turning
to misunderstand / to get the wrong idea
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray
unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
to report an error / to give wrong information
to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冤* | 冤* | *冤
injustice / grievance / wrong
HSK 7-9
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons
lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
wronged / to suffer false accusations
whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
to err / to dial a wrong number / to make a typo
(of a vehicle) to flip over / (fig.) to go wrong; to flop
to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *差* | 差* | *差
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曲* | 曲* | *曲
bent / crooked / wrong
to right wrongs / to redress an injustice
to be in the wrong
to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand
one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
to choke on (food etc) / to swallow the wrong way
old wrong / past grievance / wickedness of former times
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to use public office to avenge private wrongs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屈* | 屈* | *屈
bent / to feel wronged
right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial)
How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
to unwittingly write the wrong thing
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation
to keep doing (the wrong thing)
trouble / damage / setback / sth goes wrong
to choose the wrong person for the job
wrongly written or mispronounced character
to make a comeback / (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong
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
to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle
a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat
to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
to right a wrong / to redress an injustice
to be wronged / to be subjected to an injustice
to be reincarnated in the wrong womb / (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
to go wrong / to get into trouble
a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
to mishear / to hear wrongly
to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly
fork in a road / wrong road
no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all
to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言
to take a wrong turn / to go wrong
the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil
the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *左* | 左* | *左
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湔* | 湔* | *湔
to wash / to redress (a wrong) / name of a river

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