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錯: mistake; wrong

By March 12, 2015December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

錯 [错] cuò

noun | adjective
: 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

Kun Reading

錯 | こすり kosuri

noun
: rubbing; scrubbing; scraping

錯そう | さくそう sakusou

noun | suru verb
: complication; intricacy

On Reading

さく saku

 Usage:

錯誤 [错误] cuo4wu4: error; mistake; mistaken; false; wrong
[錯誤 | さくご sakugo: mistake]
錯過[错过] cuo4guo4: to miss (train, opportunity etc)
錯綜 [错综] cuo4zong1: intricate; complicated; tangled; involved; to synthesize
[錯綜 | さくそう sakusou: complication; intricacy]
錯亂 [错乱] cuo4luan4: in disorder; deranged (mentally)
[錯乱 | さくらん sakuran: confusion; distraction; derangement]
不錯[错] bu4cuo4: correct; right; not bad; pretty good
没錯[错] mei2cuo4: that’s right; sure!; rest assured!; that’s good; can’t go wrong
交錯[错] jia1cuo4: to crisscross; to intertwine
[交錯 | こうさく kousaku: mixture; blending; complication]
差錯[错] cha1cuo4: mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap
出錯[错] chu1cuo4: to make a mistake; error
認錯 [认错] ren4cuo4: to admit an error; to acknowledge one’s mistake



Japanese common word | expression | idiom
倒錯者 | とうさくしゃ tousakusha: pervert

盤根錯節 | ばんこんさくせつ bankon sakusetsu
: hard to penetrate event or situation



Chinese idiom | proverb
吃错药 chi1 cuo4 yao4
: lit. to have taken the wrong medicine; fig. (of one’s behavior etc) different than usual; abnormal

掹錯牙 (cantonese) mang1 co3 ngaa4
: lit. to pull the wrong teeth; fig. irreversible, painful mistake

一錯再錯 [一错再错] yi1 cuo4 zai4 cuo4
: to repeat errors; to continue blundering; to make continuous mistakes

大錯特錯 [大错特错] da4 cuo4 te4 cuo4
: to be gravely mistaken

將錯就錯 [将错就错] jiang1 cuo4 jiu4 cuo4
: lit. if it’s wrong, it’s wrong; to make the best after a mistake; to accept an error and adapt to it; to muddle through

縱橫交錯 [纵横交错] zong4 heng2 jiao1 cuo4
: criss-crossed

盤根錯節 [盘根错节] pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2
: twisted roots and intertwined joints; complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties

鑄成大錯 [铸成大错] zhu4 cheng2 da4 cuo4
: to make a serious mistake

男怕入錯行,女怕嫁錯郎 [男怕入错行,女怕嫁错郎] nan2 pa4 ru4 cuo4 hang2 , nǔ3 pa4 jia4 cuo4 lang2
: men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(jin1: metal) suggests the meaning while
(xi1: formerly) provides the sound.



简写 Simplified.
错. Derived from generic radical simplification #9 (釒金 » 钅).

 Music:


愛错 – Wang Lee Hom 王力宏

作詞:王力宏/崔惟楷
作曲:王力宏
編曲:王力宏/吳慶隆

北風毫不留情 把葉子吹落 脆弱的她選擇了逃脫
葉子失去消息 風才感覺寂寞 整個冬天 北風的痛沒人能說

*我從來沒想過 我會這樣做 從來沒愛過 所以愛錯
 我從哪裡起飛 從哪裡降落 多少不能原諒的錯卻不能重來過

翻開回憶角落 完美的生活 以為幸福都可以掌握
仔細回味當初 那個故事背後 Oh 原來是我 (原來是我) 犯下從沒承認的錯

Repeat *

在這少了你的世界 Oh~ 找不回那些感覺
其實我不想道別 那些過去

我從來沒想過 我會這樣做
從來沒愛過 所以愛錯 (從來沒有愛過那麼認真)
我從哪裡起飛 (從哪裡) 從哪裡降落 (降落)
多少不能原諒的錯卻不能重來過 (Woah~~)

我從來沒想過 我會這樣做
從來沒愛過 (愛過) 所以愛錯 (所以愛錯)
我從哪裡起飛 (愛錯 愛錯) 從哪裡降落 (愛錯 Baby)
多少不能原諒的錯 (Woo~ 請你原諒我的愛錯)

credit: Wang Lee Hom 王力宏

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary