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誤打誤撞

简 误打误撞 · 繁 誤打誤撞
Mandarin · pinyin wù dǎ wù zhuàng

Meanings

  1. accidentally
  2. to act before thinking
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誤
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打
dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
撞
zhuàng · knock against, bump into, collide
误
wù · err, make mistake; interfere
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4–3–4–4 · wu4 da3 wu4 zhuang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ng6 daa2 ng6 zong6

Cantonese word readings for 誤打誤撞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ng6 daa2 ng6 zong6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) by accident; by chance

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