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Radical 167 · 13 strokes

wrong

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MEANING14 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    wrong

    不正确;不对bù zhèngquè; búduì

    • You're wrong.

    • His answer is wrong and needs to be checked again.

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    • He mistook me for my mother.

  2. noun

    mistake

    做错了的地方;不对的部分zuòcuòle de dìfang; búduì de bùfen

    • This is my fault.

    • He admitted that he had made a serious mistake.

  3. adjective

    complex

    不对;有问题;不好búduì;yǒu wèntí;búhǎo

    • His answer was quite good, and the teacher was very pleased.

  4. verb

    to miss

    没有抓住机会或没做成某事méiyǒu zhuāzhù jīhuì huò méi zuòchéngle mǒushì

    • What did you miss?

    • She missed the stunning opening of the concert.

  5. verb

    to stagger

    交错排列,不整齐jiāocuò pāiliè、bù zhěngqī

    • He's drunk and walking a bit unsteadily.

    • We stagger our work start and end times to avoid rush hour congestion.

  6. adjective

    interlocking

    交叉在一起;互相穿插jiāochā zài yīqǐ;hùxiāng chuānchā

    • This lock is wrong.

    • These two railway lines interweave intricately, forming a complex network.

  7. adjective

    bad

    不好的;有问题的búhǎo de;yǒu wèntí de

    • This idea is very wrong.

    • His attitude is really terrible — it makes people very uncomfortable.

  8. verb

    to evade

    躲避、不愿意面对或接受duǒbì、búyuànyìjiào miàn duì huò jiēshòu

    • He missed the train.

    • He skillfully dodged the reporter's probing questions.

  9. verb

    to alternate

    交替出现;轮流变化jiāotì chūxiàn; lúnliú biànhuà

    • They staggered their schedules.

    • The workers staggered the bricks to make the wall more solid.

  10. verb

    to let slip

    不小心说出不该说的话bù xiǎoxin shuō chūlái búgāi shuō de huà

    • Don't miss this opportunity.

  11. 11verb

    to grind

    用工具把东西磨成粉或变光滑yòng gōngjù bǎ dōngxi mó chéng fěn huò biàn guānghuá

    • He ground the medicinal herbs into powder.

    • The craftsman ground the stone into fine powder.

  12. 12verb

    to polish

    用工具摩擦物体使其光滑yòng gōngjù móca wùtǐ shǐ qī guānghuá

    • This piece of jade needs to be carefully polished.

    • The craftsman ground this stone until it was smooth and gleaming.

  13. 13verb

    to inlay with gold or silver

    用金属装饰物嵌入物体表面yòng jīnshǔ zhuāngshìwù qiànrù wùtǐ biǎomiàn

    • This handicraft has been inlaid with gold.

    • The craftsman inlaid silver into the sword, creating patterns of breathtaking beauty.

  14. 14noun

    surname Cuo

    姓氏,一个人的家族名字xìngshì、yīgè rén de jiāzú míngzi

    • Xiao Cuo is a new student in our class.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Metal mixed with impurities from ancient times becomes distorted and disordered.

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