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誤繕

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Mandarin · pinyin wù shàn

to miswrite (while copying written material); to transcribe incorrectly; to make a clerical error

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误: wù · err, make mistake; interfere
缮: shàn · repair, mend; rewrite, transcribe

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4–4 · wu4 shan4

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