错 (錯) cuò

1. cuò noun mistake; error; blunder; fault
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 错 is synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Unihan '錯')
2. cuò adjective wrong; mistaken; incorrect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 错 is synonymous with 不正确 in this sense (Guoyu '錯' cuò adj 1).
3. cuò verb to inlay with gold or silver
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Etymology: 錯：金涂也。(Shuo Wen; Guoyu '錯' cuò v 3)
4. cuò noun a grindstone
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 错 is synonymous with 磨刀石 in this sense (Guoyu '錯' cuò n 1).
5. cuò proper noun Cuo
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '錯' n 2)
6. cuò verb to diverge; to branch off the road
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '錯' cuò v 2)
7. cuò adjective bad; spoiled; broken
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 壞的 (Guoyu '錯' cuò adj 2)
8. cù verb to find a place for; to arrange for
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 安置 (Guoyu '錯' cù v 1)
9. cù verb to discard; to abandon; to invalidate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 废弃 (Guoyu '錯' cù v 2)
10. cù verb to stop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 停止 (Guoyu '錯' cù v 2)
11. cù verb to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 施行 (Guoyu '錯' cù v 3)

Contained in

• 错层(錯層) split-level (home)
• 精神错乱(精神錯亂) insanity
• 错时(錯時) to stagger (holidays, working hours etc)
• 判断错误(判斷錯誤) an error in judgement
• 错爱(錯愛) misplaced kindness; humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
• 冤假错案(冤假錯案) unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
• 参错(參錯) to crisscross
• 盘错(盤錯) intertwined (of tree roots or branches); an intricate matter
• 铸成大错(鑄成大錯) to make a serious mistake
• 犬牙相错(犬牙相錯) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing forces interlocking
• 璀错(璀錯) many and varied
• 海错(海錯) seafood delicacy
• 过错(過錯) a mistake; fault; blame
• 做错(做錯) to make an error
• 错误思想(錯誤思想) wrong idea
• 错过(錯過) to miss (train, opportunity etc)
• 惊错(驚錯) puzzled; surprised and nonplussed
• 错开(錯開) to stagger (times)
• 盘根错节(盤根錯節) twisted roots and intertwined joints; complicated and very tricky
• 时空错置(時空錯置) having elements from another time or place
• 觥筹交错(觥籌交錯) wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined; to drink and gamble together in a large group
• 错角(錯角) alternate angles (where one line meets two parallel lines)
• 错失时机(錯失時機) miss an opportunity
• 错用(錯用) to misuse; to misapply
• 错峰(錯峰) to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
• 错综(錯綜) intricate; complicated; tangled; involved ; to synthesize [information]
• 外错角(外錯角) outer alternate angles
• 错落有致(錯落有致) irregular arrangement with charming effect
• 错落不齐(錯落不齊) disorderly and uneven; irregular and disorderly
• 失错(失錯) mistake; slip-up; by accident
• 出错(出錯) to make a mistake; error
• 错失(錯失) to miss ; a mistake
• 错别字(錯別字) incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
• 走错(走錯) to go the wrong way; to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
• 车错毂(車錯轂) the axles of our chariots touch
• 看错(看錯) to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for somebody else); to misread (a document)
• 大错(大錯) blunder
• 错币(錯幣) discordant currencies
• 纠错(糾錯) to correct
• 犬牙交错(犬牙交錯) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing forces interlocking
• 声旁错误(聲旁錯誤) phonological error
• 差错脚(差錯腳) to trip
• 一错再错(一錯再錯) to repeat errors; to continue blundering; to make continuous mistakes

Also contained in

鼂错 、 金错刀 、 纳木错 、 运行时错误 、 晁错 、 段错误 、 错那 、 错那县

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Truncated for common words

• 卷四十九 爰盎晁錯傳 Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo Book of Han 漢書 — count: 56
• 《袁盎鼂錯列傳》 Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 24
• 卷三十五 荊燕吳傳 Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 18
• 卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 13
• 《張丞相列傳》 Biography of Chancellor Zhang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 12
• 卷十九　趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 12
• 《吳王濞列傳》 Biographies of Pi, the Prince of Wu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 11
• 卷四十二 張周趙任申屠傳 Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 11
• 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 10
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9

Collocations

• 举错 (舉錯) 故民必知權然後舉錯得 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 25
• 注错 (註錯) 則君子注錯之當 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 8
• 刑错 (刑錯) 刑錯而不用 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 错衡 (錯衡) 約軧錯衡 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 4
• 错薪 (錯薪) 翹翹錯薪 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 3
• 疑错 (疑錯) 其有疑錯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 错习俗 (錯習俗) 是注錯習俗之節異也 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 3
• 错仪 (錯儀) 錯儀畫制 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 3
• 西面错 (西面錯) 阼阶前西面错 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士丧礼 第十二 12. Mourning rites for the common officer — count: 2
• 错国 (錯國) 錯國於不傾之地 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 2