误人子弟 wù rén zǐ dì

to mislead students; to harm young learners

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 94069th word

Definitions

  1. 1. (of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress
  2. 2. (of media) to propagate errors
  3. 3. to lead people astray

Characters

Character Meaning
误 wù HSK 4
mistake; error; mistakenly
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
弟 dì HSK 2
younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)