"mistaken" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
错误錯誤	cuò wù	mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
差	chà	different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]	syn
搞错搞錯	gǎo cuò	mistake / to make a mistake / to blunder / mistaken
舛	chuǎn	mistaken / erroneous / contradictory	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
以为以為	yǐ wéi	to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)	syn
误区誤區	wù qū	mistaken ideas / misconceptions / the error of one's ways
谬误謬誤	miù wù	error / mistaken idea / falsehood	syn
洗心革面	xǐ xīn gé miàn	lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf	syn
大错特错大錯特錯	dà cuò tè cuò	to be gravely mistaken (idiom)	syn
郢书燕说郢書燕說	yǐng shū yān shuō	lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
革面洗心	gé miàn xǐ xīn	lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
差远差遠	chà yuǎn	inferior / not up to par / to fall far short / to be mistaken
错解錯解	cuò jiě	misinterpretation / mistaken explanation
讹传訛傳	é chuán	unfounded rumor / to pass on a mistaken belief to others
几可乱真幾可亂真	jī kě luàn zhēn	to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing

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