Definition

1. Verb:
   • To mistake: To incorrectly identify someone or something as another person or thing.
   • To confuse: To mix up two or more things in one's mind, failing to distinguish between them.
   • To err / To be in error: To make a mistake or incorrect judgment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi đã lầm lẫn anh với em trai của anh. (I mistook you for your brother.)
  • Đừng để lầm lẫn giữa hai khái niệm này. (Don't confuse these two concepts.)
  • Có sự lầm lẫn trong việc giao hàng. (There was an error in the delivery.)

Advanced Usage

• "sự lầm lẫn" (noun): A mistake, an error, a case of confusion.
  • Sự lầm lẫn này đã gây ra hậu quả nghiêm trọng. (This mistake has caused serious consequences.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhầm lẫn (v/n): A common variant with identical meaning (to mistake; a mistake).

  • Tôi xin lỗi vì sự nhầm lẫn. (I apologize for the mistake.)

• Lầm (v): To be wrong, to err. Often used similarly but can be more general.

  • Tôi lầm rồi. (I was wrong.)

Synonyms

• Mistake: To be incorrect about something.
• Confuse: To fail to distinguish.
• Misidentify: To identify incorrectly.

Related Idioms

• Lầm lẫn tai hại: A disastrous or grievous mistake.
  • Đó là một quyết định lầm lẫn tai hại. (That was a disastrously mistaken decision.)

verb

1. to mistake, to misjudge