to make a mistake · error

chū cuò

ch+ū·1st tonec+uò·4th tone

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Take your time, or you may make some mistakes.

慢慢来，不然你可能会出错的。

He is afraid of making mistakes.

他很怕出错。

Our plan went wrong from the beginning.

我们的计划从一开始就出错了。

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