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Jyutping ceot1 caa3 zi2
Pinyin chū chà zi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to go wrong
  2. to take a wrong turning
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, verb-object
    to go wrong; to make mistakes
    • 自古無不犯錯誤的將軍,敵人之有岔子可尋,正如我們自己也難免出岔子,乘敵之隙的可能性是存在的。
      自古无不犯错误的将军,敌人之有岔子可寻,正如我们自己也难免出岔子,乘敌之隙的可能性是存在的。
      zì gǔ wú bù fàn cuò wù de jiāng jūn , dí rén zhī yǒu chà zi kě xún , zhèng rú wǒ men zì jǐ yě nán miǎn chū chà zi , chéng dí zhī xì de kě néng xìng shì cún zài de .
      History has never known an infallible general and the enemy makes mistakes just as we ourselves can hardly avoid making them; hence, the possibility exists of exploiting the enemy's errors.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    什么可以出岔子?
    什麼可以出岔子?
    shén me kě yǐ chū chà zi ?
    • What could go wrong?
    • What can go wrong?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    自古无不犯错误的将军,敌人之有岔子可寻,正如我们自己也难免出岔子,乘敌之隙的可能性是存在的。
    自古無不犯錯誤的將軍,敵人之有岔子可尋,正如我們自己也難免出岔子,乘敵之隙的可能性是存在的。
    zì gǔ wú bù fàn cuò wù de jiāng jūn , dí rén zhī yǒu chà zi kě xún , zhèng rú wǒ men zì jǐ yě nán miǎn chū chà zi , chéng dí zhī xì de kě néng xìng shì cún zài de .
    • History has never known an infallible general and the enemy makes mistakes just as we ourselves can hardly avoid making them; hence, the possibility exists of exploiting the enemy's errors.