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cuò · cuo/Cuò · cuo

Traditional 錯

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

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

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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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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