mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong |
handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of |
Feng Jing | to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at |
Ma Liang | ||
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trad. (錯把馮京當馬涼) | 錯 | 把 | 馮京 | 當 | 馬涼 | |
simp. (错把冯京当马凉) | 错 | 把 | 冯京 | 当 | 马凉 | |
Literally: “to mistake the name Feng Jing as Ma Liang”. |
From a legend about the Song scholar Feng Jing, whose name was mistaken by the announcer of the imperial examination results.
錯把馮京當馬涼