错 cuò

error, blunder, mistake; wrong

HSK 2 #638

DEFINITIONS

  • error, blunder, mistake
  • wrong
  • surname Cuo
  • 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

STROKES

WORDS

海错 hǎi cuò seafood delicacy
犯错 fàn cuò to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing
璀错 cuǐ cuò many and varied
男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 nán pà rù cuò háng ， nǚ pà jià cuò láng men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
盘根错节 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
盘错 pán cuò intertwined (of tree roots or branches); fig. an intricate matter
看错 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document)
知错能改 zhī cuò néng gǎi to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
程错 chéng cuò (computing) glitch; bug
精神错乱 jīng shén cuò luàn insanity
纳木错 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
羊卓雍错 yáng zhuó yōng cuò Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
声旁错误 shēng páng cuò wù phonological error
听错 tīng cuò to mishear
蟠根错节 pán gēn cuò jié variant of 盤根錯節|盘根错节[pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2]
视错觉 shì cuò jué optical illusion
试错 shì cuò (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤|尝试错误) trial and error; failure
议论纷错 yì lùn fēn cuò see 議論紛紛|议论纷纷[yi4 lun4 fen1 fen1]
读音错误 dú yīn cuò wù mistake of pronunciation
走错 zǒu cuò to go the wrong way; to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
运行时错误 yùn xíng shí cuò wù run-time error (in computing)
逻辑错误 luó ji cuò wù logical error
错动 cuò dòng to move relative to one another
错层 cuò céng split-level (home)
错峰 cuò fēng to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
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