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错

cuò · cuo/Cuò · cuo

Traditional 錯

HSK 1Old HSK 2

Meaning

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cuò 錯

  1. mistake
  2. wrong
  3. bad
  4. interlocking
  5. complex
  6. to grind
  7. to polish
  8. to alternate
  9. to stagger
  10. to miss
  11. to let slip
  12. to evade
  13. to inlay with gold or silver

Cuò 錯

  1. surname Cuo
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Whose mistake is it?

  1. Dengdeng

    糟糕(zāogāo)，我(wǒ)走(zǒu)错(cuò)路(lù)了(le)！

    Oh no, I took the wrong road!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)又(yòu)走(zǒu)错(cuò)了(le)？

    You took a wrong turn again?

  3. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)条(tiáo)路(lù)在(zài)地图(dìtú)上(shàng)没(méi)错(cuò)啊(a)。

    This road is not wrong on the map.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)拿(ná)错(cuò)地图(dìtú)了(le)，这(zhè)是(shì)上海(shànghǎi)的(de)。

    You took the wrong map. This one is Shanghai.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)不是(bùshì)我(wǒ)的(de)错(cuò)，是(shì)地图(dìtú)的(de)错(cuò)！

    Then it is not my fault. It is the map's fault!

  6. Liangliang

    地图(dìtú)没(méi)错(cuò)，是(shì)你(nǐ)拿(ná)错(cuò)了(le)。

    The map is not wrong. You picked the wrong one.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)不(bú)是(shì)我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)错(cuò)……大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)是(shì)逼(bī)不(bù)得(dé)已(yǐ)才(cái)这(zhè)么(me)做(zuò)。

It wasn't our fault... We all had to do it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)把(bǎ)地(dì)址(zhǐ)写(xiě)错(cuò)了(le)，信(xìn)被(bèi)退(tuì)了(le)回(huí)来(lái)。

I wrote the address wrong, so the letter was returned.

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