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誤

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Mandarin · pinyin wù

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誤: Look up this written character
误: wù · err, make mistake; interfere

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4 · wu4

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mistaken
mistake, error
to miss
to hinder; to impair; to delay
to confuse; to delude
mistakenly
(Internet slang) A particle placed at the end of a sentence to indicate that the poster is joking. (used with parentheses)

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