陰差陽錯

More information (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady, differ from; short of; to lackdiffer from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake ...

	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	positive (electric.); sun; male	mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong
trad. (陰差陽錯)	陰	差	陽	錯
simp. (阴差阳错)	阴	差	阳	错
Literally: “both yin and yang are wrong”.

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Etymology

Constructed from 陰陽 / 阴阳 (yīnyáng) and 差錯 / 差错 (chācuò).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnchāyángcuò

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄔㄚㄧㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ caa¹ joeng⁴ co³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnchāyángcuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄔㄚㄧㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinchayángcuò
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻa¹-yang²-tsʻo⁴
  - Yale: yīn-chā-yáng-tswò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inchayangtsuoh
  - Palladius: иньчаянцо (inʹčajanco)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ caa¹ joeng⁴ co³
  - Yale: yām chā yèuhng cho
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsaa¹ joeng⁴ tso³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ ca¹ yêng⁴ co³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔː³³/

Idiom

陰差陽錯

an accident, mistake or event arising from many different unforeseen causes; a strange combination of circumstances; accidentally; serendipitously

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