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Jyutping caa3 zi2
Pinyin chà zi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. branch road
  2. setback
  3. accident
  4. hiccup
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    branch road; byroad; sideroad
  2. noun
    accident; trouble; something wrong
    (syn.) 失閃, 失闪, 緣故, 差池, 長短, 变故, 闪失, 意外, 差錯, 事故, 不幸事件, 差错, 长短, 故事, 缘故, 變故, 閃失, 不测, 不測, 好歹
    • 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?
  2. Mandarin
    我希望您没出什么岔子。
    我希望您沒出什麼岔子。
    wǒ xī wàng nín méi chū shén me chà zi 。
    • I hope you did not have any problem.
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.