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錯位

简错位 · 繁錯位

Mandarin · pinyin cuò wèi

to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced
(medicine) to be in malposition
(fig.) erroneous; eccentric

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錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
位: wèi · throne; position, post; rank, status; seat
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong

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4–4 · cuo4 wei4

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verb

(medicine or figurative) to dislocate; to misalign; to malalign; to misplace

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