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Mandarin · pinyin cuò yǔ

(TCM) paraphasia

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錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
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错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong
语: yǔ · language, words; saying, expression

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4–3 · cuo4 yu3

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