走错 走錯 zǒu cuò to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc) 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 出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong / to take a wrong turning syn 是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. 出漏子 chū lòu zi to take a wrong turn / to go wrong 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up? 男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎 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) 源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn 出问题 出問題 chū wèn tí to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems 弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand syn 弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) syn 服输 服輸 fú shū to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right syn 不痛不痒 不痛不癢 bù tòng bù yǎng lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory syn 张冠李戴 張冠李戴 zhāng guān lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another syn 刺儿 刺兒 cì r a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong 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) 误置 誤置 wù zhì to put sth in the wrong place 所托非人 所託非人 suǒ tuō fēi rén to entrust sth to the wrong person and get let down 即可 jí kě equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice 乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn 换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else) 改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn 塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth / to press sb to accept sth / to insert surreptitiously / to foist sth off on sb 异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 可想而知 kě xiǎng ér zhī (idiom) (it) goes without saying / can well be imagined 显而易见 顯而易見 xiǎn ér yì jiàn clearly and easy to see (idiom) / obviously / clearly / it goes without saying syn 不言而喻 bù yán ér yù it goes without saying / it is self-evident syn 足见 足見 zú jiàn it goes to show that / one can see syn 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say, ... / as the saying goes, ... syn 诗曰 詩曰 shī yuē a poem goes: 那还用说 那還用說 nà hái yòng shuō that goes without saying 礼帽 禮帽 lǐ mào hat that goes with formal dress / top hat 墙头草 牆頭草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 各行其是 gè xíng qí shì each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way syn 各奔前程 gè bèn qián chéng each goes his own way (idiom) / each person has his own life to lead syn 昧良心 mèi liáng xīn it goes against one's conscience 常言说得好 常言說得好 cháng yán shuō de hǎo as the saying goes / as they say... 来鸿去燕 來鴻去燕 lái hóng qù yàn lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) / fig. always on the move 百无禁忌 百無禁忌 bǎi wú jìn jì all taboos are off (idiom) / anything goes / nothing is taboo syn 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well 骄兵必败 驕兵必敗 jiāo bīng bì bài lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom) / fig. pride goes before a fall 不待说 不待說 bù dài shuō needless to say / it goes without saying 不说自明 不說自明 bù shuō zì míng goes without saying / obvious / self-evident 冰炭不言，冷热自明 冰炭不言，冷熱自明 bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words 好事不出门，恶事传千里 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) 岁月流逝 歲月流逝 suì yuè liú shì as time goes by (idiom) 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly 自不必说 自不必說 zì bù bì shuō (idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying 语云 語云 yǔ yún as the saying goes... 摸着石头过河 摸著石頭過河 mō zhe shí tou guò hé to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward 下酒菜 xià jiǔ cài dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks / snack eaten with drinks 对地静止业务环境卫星服务 對地靜止業務環境衛星服務 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Service 所到之处 所到之處 suǒ dào zhī chù wherever one goes 媳妇熬成婆 媳婦熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around 骄者必败 驕者必敗 jiāo zhě bì bài pride goes before a fall (idiom) 自不待言 zì bù dài yán needless to say / it goes without saying syn 糟糠妻 zāo kāng qī wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband 不用说 不用說 bù yòng shuō needless to say / it goes without saying 错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 不对 不對 bù duì incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer syn 没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 是非 shì fēi right and wrong / quarrel syn 不平 bù píng uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 长短 長短 cháng duǎn length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits syn 背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn 不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition / wrong / fishy syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing 良知 liáng zhī innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend syn 失足 shī zú to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life syn 一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point / everything about it is wrong syn 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi apparently right but actually wrong / specious (idiom) syn 翻盘 翻盤 fān pán to make a comeback / (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong 执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bú wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn 执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn 翻车 翻車 fān chē (of a vehicle) to flip over / (fig.) to go wrong / to flop syn 理亏 理虧 lǐ kuī in the wrong syn 歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn 误入歧途 誤入歧途 wù rù qí tú to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray syn 不分青红皂白 不分青紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 乱丢 亂丟 luàn diū to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around 评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out 吃错药 吃錯藥 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal 申雪 shēn xuě to right a wrong / to redress an injustice syn 歧路 qí lù divergent path / (fig.) wrong path syn 护短 護短 hù duǎn to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong syn 明辨是非 míng biàn shì fēi to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 出乱子 出亂子 chū luàn zi to go wrong / to get into trouble syn 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things syn 不白之冤 bù bái zhī yuān unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice syn 