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错误

cuò wù · cuo wu

Traditional 錯誤

HSK 3Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. mistaken; false; wrong
  2. error; mistake
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The error was me

  1. Liangliang

    我的(wǒde)手机(shǒujī)说(shuō)有(yǒu)一个(yīgè)错误(cuòwù)。

    My phone says there is an error.

  2. Dengdeng

    什么(shénme)错误(cuòwù)？

    What kind of error?

  3. Liangliang

    密码(mìmǎ)错误(cuòwù)。可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)明明(míngmíng)输对(shūduì)了(le)。

    Wrong password. But I clearly typed it right.

  4. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)。你(nǐ)输入(shūrù)的(de)是(shì)旧(jiù)密码(mìmǎ)。

    Look. You typed your old password.

  5. Liangliang

    原来(yuánlái)错的(cuòde)是(shì)我(wǒ)，不是(bùshì)手机(shǒujī)。

    So I was the one who was wrong, not the phone.

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01

考(kǎo)试(shì)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)我(wǒ)犯(fàn)了(le)很(hěn)严(yán)重(zhòng)的(de)错(cuò)误(wù)。

I made an awful mistake in the test.

Tatoeba: Chinese by shanghainese · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)结(jié)论(lùn)是(shì)错(cuò)误(wù)的(de)，需(xū)要(yào)重(chóng)新(xīn)检(jiǎn)查(chá)数(shù)据(jù)。

This conclusion is wrong; the data needs to be checked again.

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错
cuò

mistake; wrong

误
wù

mistake; error

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