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Definitions

  1. 1. mistake
  2. 2. error
  3. 3. to miss
  4. 4. to harm
  5. 5. to delay
  6. 6. to neglect
  7. 7. mistakenly

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Words Containing 误

失误
shī wù

lapse

延误
yán wu

to delay

耽误
dān wu

to delay

误区
wù qū

mistaken ideas

误导
wù dǎo

to mislead

误差
wù chā

difference

误会
wù huì

to misunderstand

误解
wù jiě

to misunderstand

错误
cuò wù

mistaken; false; wrong

偏误
piān wù

bias (statistics)

两不误
liǎng bù wù

to neglect neither one

刊误
kān wù

to correct printing errors

勘误
kān wù

to correct printing errors

勘误表
kān wù biǎo

corrigenda

差误
chā wù

mistake

延误费
yán wu fèi

demurrage (shipping)

拼写错误
pīn xiě cuò wù

spelling mistake

正误
zhèng wù

true or false?

正误表
zhèng wù biǎo

corrigenda

段错误
duàn cuò wù

segmentation fault

无误
wú wù

verified

照买不误
zhào mǎi bù wù

to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)

磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)

笔误
bǐ wù

a slip of a pen

聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself

声旁错误
shēng páng cuò wù

phonological error

脱误
tuō wù

omission

脚误
jiǎo wù

foot fault (tennis etc)

讹误
é wù

error in a text

误上贼船
wù shàng zéi chuán

lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship

误事
wù shì

to make a botch of things

误人子弟
wù rén zǐ dì

(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress

误作
wù zuò

to consider erroneously

误信
wù xìn

to falsely believe

误伤
wù shāng

to injure accidentally

误入歧途
wù rù qí tú

to take a wrong step in life (idiom)

误判
wù pàn

to misjudge

误判案
wù pàn àn

miscarriage of justice

误写
wù xiě

to unwittingly write the wrong thing

误工
wù gōng

to be late for or absent from work

误打误撞
wù dǎ wù zhuàng

accidentally

误植
wù zhí

to write a word incorrectly

误机
wù jī

to miss a plane

误杀
wù shā

to mistakenly kill

误用
wù yòng

to misuse

误置
wù zhì

to put sth in the wrong place

误诊
wù zhěn

to misdiagnose

误读
wù dú

to misread

误车
wù chē

to miss (bus, train etc)

误食
wù shí

to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest

误点
wù diǎn

not on time

谬误
miù wù

error

读音错误
dú yīn cuò wù

mistake of pronunciation

贻误
yí wù

to affect adversely

迷误
mí wù

mistake; error

运行时错误
yùn xíng shí cuò wù

run-time error (in computing)

违误
wéi wù

to disobey and cause delays

迟误
chí wù

to delay

逻辑错误
luó ji cuò wù

logical error

双误
shuāng wù

double fault (in tennis)