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鑄成大錯

简 铸成大错 · 繁 鑄成大錯
Mandarin · pinyin zhù chéng dà cuò

Meanings

  1. to make a serious mistake (idiom)
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鑄
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成
chéng · completed, finished, fixed
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
錯
cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
铸
zhù · melt, cast; coin, mint
错
cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong
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4–2–4–4 · zhu4 cheng2 da4 cuo4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to make a grave and irreversible mistake

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