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 误入歧途 誤入歧途 wù rù qí tú to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray syn 弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve syn 翻车 翻車 fān chē (of a vehicle) to flip over / (fig.) to go wrong / to flop syn 出乱子 出亂子 chū luàn zi to go wrong / to get into trouble 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 柏油路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road 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 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road 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 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job 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) 铁路运输 鐵路運輸 tiě lù yùn shū rail-road transport / road-rail transport / piggyback 边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 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 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong / to take a wrong turning syn 错车 錯車 cuò chē to give right of way to another vehicle / the wrong bus 峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn 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 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 湔 jiān to wash / to redress (a wrong) / name of a river syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 路上 lù shang on the road / on the way / en route syn 公路 gōng lù highway / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] 道路 dào lù road / path / way / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 小路 xiǎo lù minor road / lane / pathway / trail syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 岔子 chà zi branch road / setback / accident / hiccup syn 开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn 绕过 繞過 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road / path syn 路面 lù miàn road surface 坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn 路标 路標 lù biāo road sign 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul syn 越野车 越野車 yuè yě chē off-road vehicle 必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc) 交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection 山路 shān lù mountain road syn 沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road / by the wayside 要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 