陰差陽錯

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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
mistake; error; blunder
mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong
 
trad. (陰差陽錯)
simp. (阴差阳错)
Literally: “both yin and yang are wrong”.

Etymology

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Constructed from 陰陽阴阳 (yīnyáng) and 差錯差错 (chācuò).

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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陰差陽錯

  1. an accident, mistake or event arising from many different unforeseen causes; a strange combination of circumstances; accidentally; serendipitously