MISTAKE 錯誤過
NEGLECT something and ACT so as to FAIL to ACHIEVE one's INTENTION.
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Hypernym
- NEGLECTDISREGARD what one SHOULD NOT DISREGARD.
See also
- BLAMECRITICISE someone as GUILTY of a WICKED:reprehensible MISTAKE OR a CRIME.
- FAILTRY to ACHIEVE something BUT NOT SUCCEED.
- GUILTRESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S AVOIDABLE PAST BAD ACT.
- CRIMEWICKED ACT OFFENDING INTENSELY against an IMPORTANT LAW.
- CRIMEWICKED ACT OFFENDING INTENSELY against an IMPORTANT LAW.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current general word for a mistake is probably shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get things right") refers generally to an inadvertent mistake in action, and normally of minor kind.
2. Wù 誤 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers quite generally to intellectual misapprehension.
3. Miù 謬 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers to an intellectual misapprehension because of complete baselessness of what is being said.
4. Quē 闕 (ant. wán 完 "completely right") is a polite circumlocution for a superior's inadvertencies or mistakes in action..
5. Tè 忒 and chà 差 is an archaic word for unreglemented personal or political conduct.
NB: Cuò 錯 as a standard word for "mistake" is post-Han.
2. Wù 誤 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers quite generally to intellectual misapprehension.
3. Miù 謬 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers to an intellectual misapprehension because of complete baselessness of what is being said.
4. Quē 闕 (ant. wán 完 "completely right") is a polite circumlocution for a superior's inadvertencies or mistakes in action..
5. Tè 忒 and chà 差 is an archaic word for unreglemented personal or political conduct.
NB: Cuò 錯 as a standard word for "mistake" is post-Han.
Modern Chinese Criteria
過失
過錯
疏失
失誤
失眼 refers to making a mistaken judgment based on impressions.
失閃
閃失
差失
毛病
罪過
罪愆
罪尤
尤悔
悔尤
手失
偏差
錯誤
差錯
錯兒
毛病 !
非
過
錯
失
罪
咎
愆
眚
尤
瑕
疵
疵瑕
瑕尤
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
過錯
疏失
失誤
失眼 refers to making a mistaken judgment based on impressions.
失閃
閃失
差失
毛病
罪過
罪愆
罪尤
尤悔
悔尤
手失
偏差
錯誤
差錯
錯兒
毛病 !
非
過
錯
失
罪
咎
愆
眚
尤
瑕
疵
疵瑕
瑕尤
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
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p.
16.77 - De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione
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p.
449 ABERRATIO est actionis a recto discessio, sivi id fiat 1. efficientis inscitia, sive 2. materiae vitio, sive 3. casu aliquio interveniente.
Ut cum quis a recta via recedit, non profectio est, sed erratio.
Cum tritici semem siliginem aut avenam aut lolium producit, non generatio est, sed degeneratio.
Axiom: Itineris recti una et simplex est ratio; aberrationum mille figurae.
- Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
(
DOEDERLEIN 1840)
p.
FAULT
vitium refers to any fault a person may have.
menda refers to a natural fault, especially of the body, a blemish.
mendum refers to a fault committed, especially in writing, a blunder, or a mistake.
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HANFEI TONGYI 2004)
p.
87 - Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum
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LANGIUS 1631)
p.
ERROR
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p.
95 - Lateinische Synonymik
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p.
151B - 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究
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p.
339 - Using Chinese Synonyms
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p.
67 - The Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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p.
FALLACY
- SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
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GIRARD 1769)
p.
1.284.242 FAUGTE.DEFAUT.DEFECTUOSITE.VICE.IMPERFECTION
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PILLON 1850)
p.
no. 62 - Divisiones quae vulgo dicuntur Aristoteleae
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DIVISIONES 1906)
p.
no. 45
Words
過 guò OC: klools MC: kʷɑ 105 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Ant: 功/MERIT
The current general word for achievements of any kind is gōng 功. - Ant: 善/EXCELLENT
Shàn 善 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept"), when the word does not mean moral goodness, but is close in meaning to liáng 良, refers to an acquired specific skill or propensity for certain forms of action. - Assoc: 瑕/DEFECT
- Assoc: 罪/CRIME
The current general word for a serious legal transgression is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), and the current general word for a minor legal transgression is guò 過 (ant. xiào 效 "positive contribution"). - Assoc: 誤/MISTAKE
- Synon: 非/MISTAKE
- Relat: 改/IMPROVE
The standard word for changing something for the better is gǎi 改. - Oppos: 可/GOOD
- Syntactic words
- nab(.post-N)one's transgressionCH
- nab.post-NN's faultLZ
- nab.post-V{NUM}actminor transgression; wrongdoing, wrong practice; formal offense
- nab.post-V{NUM}actmistake, large or small 大過
- nabactmistake, fault, improper actionCH
- vadNfaulty; excessive and wrong
- vadVby mistake, mistakenly; through insouciance
- viactmiss the mark; go too far; get it wrong, be wrong, be mistaken; make an inadvertent minor mistake
- viinchoativeact: begin to make mistakes, begin to develop faultsCH
- visubject=nonhumanbe mistaken; constitute a mistake
- vpostadVincorrectly, mistakenly (as in 小人注錯之過)LZ
- vtoNmake a mistake with respect to, transgress in respect of
- vtoNdeclarative/putativedeclare (persons N) to be mistaken, deem to be making mistakesCH
- vtoNputativeobject opinions etc: regard as mistaken, consider as wrong
失 shī OC: lʰiɡ MC: ɕit 64 AttributionsWD
The most current general word for a mistake is probably shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get things right") refers generally to an inadvertent mistake in action, and normally of minor kind.
- Word relations
- Contrast: 罪/CRIME
The current general word for a serious legal transgression is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), and the current general word for a minor legal transgression is guò 過 (ant. xiào 效 "positive contribution"). - Contrast: 邪/WICKED
Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity. - Contrast: 過/CRIME
The current general word for a serious legal transgression is zuì 罪 (ant. gōng 功 "merit"), and the current general word for a minor legal transgression is guò 過 (ant. xiào 效 "positive contribution"). - Assoc: 誤/MISTAKE
- Syntactic words
- nabactinadvertent mistake or transgression; inadvertent mistake (of a superior), insouciance; transgression; faulty point
- vadNbe wrong through negligence
- vadVby mistake, through an insouciance
- vicontinuativebe prone to faultsCH
- vimathematical termCHEMLA 2003: make a mathematical mistake; fail to get the proper mathematical result.
- viprocessgo wrong by mistake; get things wrong by mistake; make a slip
- vt(oN)get the contextually determinate thing wrong, be wrong about the contextually determinate thing
- vt+V[0]make a mistake in VERBing
- vt[oN]N=indefget something wrongCH
- vtoNget (something) wrong, be wrong about; make a mistake concerning; misapply (punishements etc); make a mistake of omission in relation to
- vttoN1.+N2make a mistake (in a matter N1) with regard (to something or somebody N2) or on N2's side (失之己)
- vttoN1.+prep+N2make a mistake about (something -often indeterminate - N1) with regard to (a subject N2)
- vttoN1.+prep+N2mathematical termCHEMLA 2003: to be wrong about N1 by the amount N2; (as action verb:) get something N1 wrong by the amount N2 ZJ 4.18: 失之于微少 "get the result wrong by a small amount".
誤 wù OC: ŋʷaas MC: ŋuo̝ 35 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Assoc: 失/MISTAKE
The most current general word for a mistake is probably shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get things right") refers generally to an inadvertent mistake in action, and normally of minor kind. - Assoc: 亂/REVOLT
Luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "regularly political government") refers to a major political upheaval designed to topple the reigning government. - Assoc: 過/MISTAKE
- Synon: 訛/MISTAKE
- Synon: 非/MISTAKE
- Syntactic words
- nabactmistake, act of carelessness
- vadNmisguided, deluded
- vadVwrongly; in a wrong way; mistakenly; by inadvertent mistake
- vibe mistaken or misguided (said both of words and of people)
- viactcommit a mistake; do things by mistake or inadvertently
- vt+prep+Nerr in ragard of
- vt+prep+NPab{ACT}make a mistake in V-ing
- vtoNerr about; be mistaken about
- vtoNputativeconsider as mistaken
妄 wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ 26 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabbuddhistBUDDH: delusion (through ignorance); falseness
- vadNarbitrary, misguidedBUDDDH: deluded
- vadVmistakenly, wrongly; arbitrarilyBUDDH: deludedly; in a deluded way; falsely
- vibe misguided, be disorientated; be arbitrary;
外道 wài dào OC: ŋoods ɡ-luuʔ MC: ŋɑi dɑu 19 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NP[adN]BUDDH: those of an extraneous doctrine > heretic, follower of a wrong or inferior teaching (can apply to scholars/masters/monks within or without the Buddhist tradition)
- NPabpsychheterodox ways
- NPadNheterodox
非 fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 18 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabmetaphysicalwrong points, mistakes
- v[adNab]what is untrue/mistaken/wrong
- vadNmistaken, wrong
- vadVmistakenly; wrongly
- vibe in the wrong; be mistaken, be wrong; be the wrong thing to do
- vtoNreflexive.自consider oneself to be in the wrong
錯 cuò OC: skhaaɡ MC: tshɑk 17 AttributionsWD
NB: Cuò 錯 as a standard word for "mistake" is post-Han.
- Syntactic words
- nabactmistake
- v[adNab]actmistaken action < mistakeVK
- vadVmistakenly; in a wrong way
- viactmake mistakes
- vigradedbe wrong; (REMEMBER TO CHECK MO: 不亦錯乎.
謬 miù OC: mɢrus MC: mi̯u
繆 miù OC: mɢrus MC: mi̯u 14 AttributionsWD
Miù 謬 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers to an intellectual misapprehension because of complete baselessness of what is being said.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 愚/STUPID
The dominant word is yú 愚 (ant. zhì 智 "clever; wise"), and the word refers to intellectual obtuseness as well as practical ineptitude. - Assoc: 誤/DISASTER
- Syntactic words
- nabactmistakes
- vadNmisleading; misguided
- vadVmisguidedly, mistakenlyLZ
- vibe misguided; be utterly mistaken, be completely mislead; be mistaken; go wrong
- vtoNcausativemisguide somebody; cause N to make mistakesDS
愆 qiān OC: khran MC: khiɛn 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadNmistaken, wrong
- viactmake a mistake; get things wrong
- vt+prep+Nmake a mistake with respect to N
過失 guò shī OC: klools lʰiɡ MC: kʷɑ ɕit 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactmistake; mistakes and faults of all kinds
- VPiactcome to make mistakes; commit a transgression
罪 zuì MC: -- OC: sbuulʔCH 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nab.post-Nfault of (the not-necessarily human) NCH
病 bìng OC: bɢraŋs MC: bɣaŋ 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactmistake
- viactbe mistaken; get things wrong
- vt+V[0]make the mistake of V-ingLZ
- vtoNmake mistakes regarding
- vtoNputativeconsider as a mistake
闕 què, quē OC: khod MC: khi̯ɐt 5 AttributionsWD
Quē 闕 (ant. wán 完 "completely right") is a polite circumlocution for a superior's inadvertencies or mistakes in action..
- Syntactic words
- nab.post-V{NUM}stativediscreet circumlocution: imperfection (i.e. mistake)
- nabactmistake by omission
虛妄 xū wàng OC: qhla maŋs MC: hi̯ɤ mi̯ɐŋ 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychBUDDH: delusion; illusion (> mistaken thinking)
- VPiBUDDH: be deluded, be illusionary, be devoid of any substance, unreal and false (>be involved in mistaken thinking) skr. vithata
假 jiǎ OC: kraaʔ MC: kɣɛ 4 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Assoc: 虛/EMPTY
The most geneal word is xū 虛 (ant. shí 實 "substantial and full") which can refer both to physical emptiness of a space and to abstract emptiness or tenuousness as a philosophical concept.
- Syntactic words
- vadNfalse > provisional (BUDDH: pertaining to the relative truth)
- vadVfalsely, mistakenly In the Zen BUDDH. context usually referring to 'provisionally' (i.e. pertaining to the worldly truth and not the absolute truth)
差 chā OC: skhraal MC: ʈʂhɣɛ 4 AttributionsWD
Tè 忒 and chā 差 is an archaic word for unreglemented personal or political conduct.
- Syntactic words
- vibe mistaken
- vidiffer from the norm; be inaccurateCH
- vtoNget something wrong; deviate improperly from
有過 yǒu guò OC: ɢʷɯʔ klools MC: ɦɨu kʷɑ 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe mistaken
- VPiperfectivehave commited a mistaken; have been mistaken
爽 shuǎng OC: sraŋʔ MC: ʂi̯ɐŋ 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vibe wrong; be diviating (from virtue)
- vtoNarchaic, poetic, SHI 58, 173: deviate (from virtue)
疾 jí OC: dzid MC: dzit 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabfigurativeweakness of character; mistake
誣 wū OC: ma MC: mi̯o 3 AttributionsWD
Wù 誤 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers quite generally to intellectual misapprehension.
- Syntactic words
- vibe erroneous
- vtoNmiddle voicebe mistaken; be misguidedCH
不時 bù shí OC: pɯʔ ɡljɯ MC: pi̯ut dʑɨ 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabtimewrong moment
- VPadVin an untimely fashion, at the wrong time; not in proper season
- VPibe wrong in timing; be untimely
欠少 qiàn shǎo OC: khoms hmljewʔ MC: khi̯ɐm ɕiɛu 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmistake, fault, shortcoming, flaw
- VPistativelack something; be incomplete; have shortcomings
- VPtoNhave shortcomings with respect to, be mistaken about, have flaws concerning, lack
罪過 zuì guò OC: sbuulʔ klools MC: dzuo̝i kʷɑ 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabculpable transgression
- VPibe mistaken
陷 xiàn 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vimake a mistakeLZ
反 fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vibe wrong-headed
尤 yóu OC: ɢʷɯ MC: ɦɨu 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactintellectual mistake
- nabpsychfaultsCH
忒 tè OC: lʰɯɯɡ MC: thək 2 AttributionsWD
Tè 忒 and chà 差 is an archaic word for unreglemented personal or political conduct.
- Syntactic words
- vieventdeviate from the rule or law
- vtoNarchaic, YI: get (something) wrong; deviate from (see TRANSGRESSION)
瑕 xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactminor mistakes; minor dereliction of duty
迷妄 mí wàng OC: mii maŋs MC: mei mi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychmisguided delusions
過患 guò huàn OC: klools ɢroons MC: kʷɑ ɦɣan 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabeventdistress caused by one's own mistakes
違失 wéi shī OC: ɢul lʰiɡ MC: ɦɨi ɕit 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPmistake
- VPtoNbe mistaken about and therefore neglectCH
缺 quē OC: khʷeed MC: khet 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nlack; deficiency; defect
- vihave defects
訛 é OC: ŋʷaal MC: ŋʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactmistake, misapprehension
- vibe baseless; be misguided
謫 zhé OC: krleeɡ MC: ʈɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nabdefect, mistake
跌 diē OC: liiɡ MC: det 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactminor mistakes
躗 wèi OC: qhruuds MC: hɣɛi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vadNmistaken; exaggerated
失之 shī zhī OC: lʰiɡ kljɯ MC: ɕit tɕɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiprocessget things wrong
失口 shī kǒu OC: lʰiɡ khooʔ MC: ɕit khu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadVby way of a verbal mistake
失時 shī shí OC: lʰiɡ ɡljɯ MC: ɕit dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPioccur at the wrong time; be at the wrong time; fail to conduct things at the right time; act at the wrong time
失謬 shī miù OC: lʰiɡ mɢrus MC: ɕit mi̯u 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe thoroughly misguided
差誤 chā wù OC: skhraal ŋʷaas MC: ʈʂhɣɛ ŋuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabmistake, error
- VPihave been got wrong, be in wrong shape
惑志 huò zhì OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ kljɯs MC: ɦək tɕɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPab{vt+N}psychmisunderstanding 有惑志於
惑著 huò zhuó OC: ɡʷɯɯɡ k-laɡ MC: ɦək ʈi̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychmistaken tendency, mistaken way of thinking
異學 yì xué OC: p-lɯɡs ɡruuɡ MC: jɨ ɦɣɔk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadNheterodox
缺然 quē rán OC: khʷeed njen MC: khet ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe mistaken; get things wrong; engage in something futile
誑妄 kuáng wàng OC: ɡʷaŋ maŋs MC: gi̯ɐŋ mi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychinsane delusion
迷復 mí fù OC: mii buɡ MC: mei buk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactpersist in one delusions; fail to make amends
過度 guò dù OC: klools ɡ-laaɡs MC: kʷɑ duo̝ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactgo beyond the bounds of what is right; make mistakes
錯解 cuò jiě OC: skhaaɡ kreeʔ MC: tshɑk kɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)misunderstand a contextually determinate matter N
錯謬 cuò miù OC: skhaaɡ mɢrus MC: tshɑk mi̯u 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe mistaken, be wrong
無有是處 wú yǒu shì chù OC: ma ɢʷɯʔ ɡljeʔ qhljas MC: mi̯o ɦɨu dʑiɛ tɕhi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
- 大方廣佛華嚴經 Dà fāngguǎng Fó huāyán jīng Avataṃsaka sūtra Taishō
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AVATAMSAKA(B))
p.
185b28-c1 是故我當自修正行，亦勸於他。令修正行。何以故？若自不能修行正行，令他修者，無有是處。
- Syntactic words
- VPiidiomthis place does not exist > (this) will lead nowhere, be mistaken, this won't get you anywhere! (idiomatic phrase)
災 zāi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nabmishapCH
大過 dà dài guò MC: dajH kwaH OC: daads kloolsCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactmajor transgressionCH
僻違 pì wéi MC: phjiek hjw+j OC: pheɡ ɢulLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe totally confused and mistakenLZ
傷 shāng OC: lʰaŋ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: be wrong by (an amount)
少 shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
妖妄 yāo wàng OC: qrow maŋs MC: ʔiɛu mi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadNwildly mistaken
謬誤 miù wù OC: mɢrus ŋʷaas MC: mi̯u ŋuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe mistaken
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