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Trad. 錯
- 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
Trad. 錯位
- to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced
- (medicine) to be in malposition
- (fig.) erroneous; eccentric
Trad. 盤錯
- intertwined (of tree roots or branches)
- fig. an intricate matter
Trad. 錯愛
- misplaced kindness
- humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
Trad. 排錯
- troubleshooting
- debugging
- to debug
- erratum
- to arrange in incorrect sequence
Trad. 試錯
- trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4 fa3])
- to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)
Trad. 看錯
- to misinterpret what one sees or reads
- to misjudge (sb)
- to mistake (sb for sb else)
- to misread (a document)
Trad. 錯別字
- incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
Trad. 納木錯
- Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
Trad. 投錯胎
- to be reincarnated in the wrong womb
- (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)
Trad. 吃錯藥
- (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
- (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual
- abnormal
Trad. 陰差陽錯
- (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
Trad. 參差錯落
- uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
- in a tangled mess
Trad. 盤根錯節
- twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky
- knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
Trad. 山珍海錯
- rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
Trad. 忙中有錯
- rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
Trad. 陰錯陽差
- (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
Trad. 錯落不齊
- disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly
Trad. 錯落有致
- in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect
Trad. 將錯就錯
- 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
Trad. 冤假錯案
- unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
Trad. 鑄成大錯
- to make a serious mistake (idiom)
Trad. 知錯能改
- to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
Trad. 履舄交錯
- lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go
- a lively party
Trad. 議論紛錯
- see 議論紛紛|议论纷纷[yi4 lun4 fen1 fen1]
Trad. 蟠根錯節
- variant of 盤根錯節|盘根错节[pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2]
Trad. 一錯再錯
- to repeat errors
- to continue blundering
- to make continuous mistakes
Trad. 觥籌交錯
- wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined
- to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom)
- a big (drinking) party
Trad. 嘗試錯誤
- to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
Trad. 時空錯置
- having elements from another time or place
Trad. 時空錯置感
- sense of being in another time and place
- feeling that one has entered a time warp
Trad. 運行時錯誤
- run-time error (in computing)