错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must 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 是非 shì fēi right and wrong / quarrel syn 一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point / everything about it is wrong syn 背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 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 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 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 服输 服輸 fú shū to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right syn 逆行 nì xíng to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation 不平 bù píng uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied syn 弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road / roundabout route / detour / (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) syn 长短 長短 cháng duǎn length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits syn 执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bú wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) syn 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi apparently right but actually wrong / specious (idiom) syn 评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out 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) 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 歧路 qí lù divergent path / (fig.) wrong path syn 不白之冤 bù bái zhī yuān unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice syn 理亏 理虧 lǐ kuī in the wrong 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 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 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition / wrong / fishy syn 出问题 出問題 chū wèn tí to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems 犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing 弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand syn 走错 走錯 zǒu cuò to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc) 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 bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) 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 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 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 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 弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn 不问青红皂白 不問青紅皂白 bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 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 差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) syn 错车 錯車 cuò chē to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus 颠倒是非 顛倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi to invert right and wrong syn 洗冤 xǐ yuān to right a wrong / to redress an injustice syn 湔 jiān to wash / to redress (a wrong) / name of a river syn 颠倒黑白 顛倒黑白 diān dǎo hēi bái lit. to invert black and white (idiom) / to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong syn 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn 乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! syn 混淆是非 hùn xiáo shì fēi to confuse right and wrong (idiom) syn 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 生不逢时 生不逢時 shēng bù féng shí born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time 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. 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái not distinguishing black or white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 是非分明 shì fēi fēn míng to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) 争长论短 爭長論短 zhēng cháng lùn duǎn lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble / to argue over minor issues syn 积非成是 積非成是 jī fēi chéng shì a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom) / a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth 良知良能 liáng zhī liáng néng instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense 逆行倒施 nì xíng dǎo shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things 马鹿易形 馬鹿易形 mǎ lù yì xíng to distinguish horse and deer easily / to know right from wrong 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and 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) 百无一失 百無一失 bǎi wú yī shī no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all syn 打错了 打錯了 dǎ cuò le "you have dialed the wrong number" 不分清红皂白 不分清紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-blue or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 倒过儿 倒過兒 dào guò r the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc) 刺儿 刺兒 cì r a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong 反正一样 反正一樣 fǎn zhèng yī yàng whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long 失风 失風 shī fēng trouble / damage / setback / sth goes wrong 寃 yuān trad. variant of 冤 / injustice / grievance / wrong 打错 打錯 dǎ cuò to err / to dial a wrong number / to make a typo 揪错 揪錯 jiū cuò lit. to grab wrong / misconception / blunder / howler 是非不分 shì fēi bù fēn unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) 是非莫辨 shì fēi mò biàn unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) 湔雪 jiān xuě to wipe away (a humiliation) / to redress (a wrong) 申理 shēn lǐ to right a wrong / to seek justice 自知理亏 自知理虧 zì zhī lǐ kuī to know that one is in the wrong (idiom) 旧恶 舊惡 jiù è old wrong / past grievance / wickedness of former times syn 误写 誤寫 wù xiě to unwittingly write the wrong thing 读破句 讀破句 dú pò jù incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point 黑白不分 hēi bái bù fēn can't tell black from white (idiom) / unable to distinguish wrong from right 民事过错 mín shì guò cuò civil wrong 不法行为 不法行為 wrong 输理 輸理 shū lǐ to be in the wrong syn 一箭之仇 yī jiàn zhī chóu a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat 成则为王，败则为寇 成則為王，敗則為寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong 