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陰差陽錯

简阴差阳错 · 繁陰差陽錯

Mandarin · pinyin yīn chā yáng cuò

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陰: Look up this written character
差: chà · chā · to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer
陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
阴: yīn · 'female' principle; dark; secret
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

1–1–2–4 · yin1 cha1 yang2 cuo4

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jam1 caa1 joeng4 co3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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