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陰差陽錯. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady |
differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake |
positive (electric.); sun; male
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mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong |
| trad. (陰差陽錯)
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陰
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差
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陽
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錯
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| simp. (阴差阳错)
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阴
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差
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阳
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错
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| Literally: “both yin and yang are wrong”.
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Etymology
Constructed from 陰陽／阴阳 (yīnyáng) and 差錯／差错 (chācuò).
Pronunciation
Idiom
陰差陽錯
- an accident, mistake or event arising from many different unforeseen causes; a strange combination of circumstances; accidentally; serendipitously