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將錯就錯

简将错就错 · 繁將錯就錯

Mandarin · pinyin jiāng cuò jiù cuò

lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake
to accept an error and adapt to it
to muddle through

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將: Look up this written character
錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
就: jiù · just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
将: jiāng · will, going to, future; general
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong

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1–4–4–4 · jiang1 cuo4 jiu4 cuo4

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zoeng1 co3 zau6 co3

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(idiomatic) to continue doing a thing that has been done incorrectly while adapting to the error made

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