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错别字
cuò bié zì
Meaning
- Chinese character error (collective term for 错字 and 别字)
Definition
错别字是指写错的字或别字，包括错字和别字。
Typographical errors or wrongly written characters, including both incorrectly written characters and substituted characters.
Usage
用于指在书写或打字过程中出现的错误汉字。
Used to refer to errors in Chinese characters during writing or typing.
Examples
- 1 写作业时要注意避免错别字。 (When doing homework, pay attention to avoid typos.)
- 2 这篇文章里有很多错别字，需要修改。 (There are many typos in this article and they need to be corrected.)
- 3 他因为错别字太多而被老师批评了。 (He was criticized by the teacher for having too many typos.)
- 4 打字时不小心打出了错别字。 (I accidentally typed a typo while typing.)
- 5 在正式文件中，错别字是绝对不允许的。 (In official documents, typos are absolutely not allowed.)
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