错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand / to mistake / misunderstanding / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn 出错 出錯 chū cuò to make a mistake / error syn 过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) syn 差错 差錯 chā cuò mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap syn 认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake syn 失手 shī shǒu a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated syn 草率 cǎo shuài careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious syn 胡乱 胡亂 hú luàn careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how syn 辫子 辮子 biàn zi plait / braid / pigtail / a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent / handle / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn 含糊 hán hu ambiguous / vague / careless / perfunctory syn 大意 dà yi careless syn 重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake syn 错失 錯失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) syn 粗心 cū xīn careless / thoughtless syn 马虎 馬虎 mǎ hu careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy syn 轻浮 輕浮 qīng fú frivolous / careless / giddy syn 马马虎虎 馬馬虎虎 mǎ ma hū hū careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair syn 粗心大意 cū xīn dà yì negligent / careless / inadvertent syn 嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake 疏漏 shū lòu to slip up / to overlook by negligence / careless omission / oversight syn 漫不经心 漫不經心 màn bù jīng xīn careless / heedless / absent-minded / indifferent syn 稀里糊涂 稀裏糊塗 xī li hú tu muddleheaded / careless syn 补过 補過 bǔ guò to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends 大过 大過 dà guò serious mistake / major demerit syn 潦草 liáo cǎo slipshod / careless / slovenly / (of handwriting) scrawly / illegible syn 疏失 shū shī to make a (careless) mistake / oversight syn 乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon 引咎 yǐn jiù to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake) syn 马大哈 馬大哈 mǎ dà hā a careless person / scatterbrain / frivolous and forgetful / abbr. for 馬馬虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈|马马虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈 syn 搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake / to make a mistake / to blunder / mistaken 看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document) 犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing 走眼 zǒu yǎn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment 苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) syn 差池 chā chí mistake / error / mishap 将错就错 將錯就錯 jiāng cuò jiù cuò 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 小过 小過 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much 错 錯 cuò 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 syn 犯 fàn to violate / to offend / to assault / criminal / crime / to make a mistake / recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) syn 毛 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) syn 草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn 漏 lòu to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old) syn 误 誤 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly syn 拧 擰 nǐng mistake / to twist syn 苟 gǒu (literary) if indeed / (bound form) careless / negligent / (bound form) temporarily syn 倒彩 dào cǎi adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake syn 怠 dài idle / lazy / negligent / careless syn 阙 闕 quē used in place of 缺 (old) / mistake syn 粗疏 cū shū coarse / rough / careless syn 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 疏懒 疏懶 shū lǎn indolent / careless syn 遢 tà careless, negligent, slipshod / see 邋遢[la1 ta5] 疏忽大意 shū hu dà yì oversight / negligence / careless / negligent / not concentrating on the main point 服软 服軟 fú ruǎn to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion syn 走嘴 zǒu zuǐ a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake) syn 翫 wàn to play with / careless / legendary archer 跅 tuò careless 眉毛胡子一把抓 眉毛鬍子一把抓 méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task 大而化之 dà ér huà zhī careless / sloppy 漫不经意 漫不經意 màn bù jīng yì careless / unconcerned 千虑一失 千慮一失 qiān lǜ yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human syn 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees 铸成大错 鑄成大錯 zhù chéng dà cuò to make a serious mistake (idiom) syn 失错 失錯 shī cuò to make a careless mistake / mistake / slip-up 好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent 不小心 bù xiǎo xīn heedless / careless 一着不慎，满盘皆输 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸 yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom) 忽忽悠悠 hū hū yōu yōu indifferent to the passing of time / careless 疏率 shū shuài careless and rash / heedless 一不小心 yī bù xiǎo xīn to be a little bit careless / to have a moment of inattentiveness / accidentally syn 傎 diān inversion / mistake 訧 yóu fault / mistake 前车之覆，后车之鉴 前車之覆，後車之鑒 qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom) / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy 失之毫厘，谬以千里 失之毫厘，謬以千里 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 失之毫厘，差之千里 失之毫釐，差之千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 失之毫厘，差以千里 失之毫釐，差以千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 差失 chā shī mistake / slip-up 差讹 差訛 chā é error / mistake 差误 差誤 chā wù mistake 后车之鉴 後車之鑒 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom) / don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy syn 拼写错误 拼寫錯誤 pīn xiě cuò wù spelling mistake / written error 智者千虑，必有一失 智者千慮，必有一失 zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom) / fig. nobody is infallible 眼岔 yǎn chà to mistake for sth else 瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 纰缪 紕繆 pī miù error / mistake syn 讹谬 訛謬 é miù error / mistake syn 误看 誤看 wù kàn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment 读音错误 讀音錯誤 dú yīn cuò wù mistake of pronunciation 迷误 迷誤 mí wù mistake / error / to mislead / to lead astray 违失 違失 wéi shī fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct 过而能改，善莫大焉 過而能改，善莫大焉 guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom) 常犯 cháng fàn to commit (an error) often / common (mistake) 手滑 shǒu huá to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button) 事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times 好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fèi (idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will 舛误 舛誤 chuǎn wù error / mistake syn 认鸡作凤 認雞作鳳 rèn jī - zuò fèng lit. to mistake a chicken for a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to overestimate sth's worth 