nhầm lẫn
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Confusion, mistake, error, mix-up: The state or act of being wrong, incorrect, or mistaken; a failure to correctly understand, identify, or distinguish something.
- Confusion, muddle: A state of disorder or unclear thinking where things are not properly distinguished.
Adjective:
- Confused, mistaken, erroneous, mixed-up: Describing something that is wrong, incorrect, or based on an error in understanding or identification.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Có một sự nhầm lẫn trong lịch trình. (There is a confusion/mix-up in the schedule.)
- Đó hoàn toàn là một nhầm lẫn. (That was a complete mistake/error.)
- Tôi xin lỗi vì sự nhầm lẫn này. (I apologize for this confusion.)
Adjective (often used with "bị" or in a descriptive clause):
- Bạn đang bị nhầm lẫn. (You are mistaken/confused.)
- Thông tin đó là nhầm lẫn. (That information is erroneous/incorrect.)
- Hai đứa trẻ trông rất giống nhau, dễ gây nhầm lẫn. (The two children look very similar, which can easily cause confusion / be confusing.)
Advanced Usage
- "dẫn đến nhầm lẫn" / "gây nhầm lẫn": to lead to confusion, to cause a mix-up.
- Hướng dẫn mơ hồ sẽ dẫn đến nhầm lẫn. (Vague instructions will lead to confusion.)
- "trong cơn nhầm lẫn": in a moment of confusion.
- Trong cơn nhầm lẫn, tôi đã đi nhầm đường. (In a moment of confusion, I took the wrong road.)
- "sửa chữa nhầm lẫn": to correct a mistake/mix-up.
- Chúng tôi đang nỗ lực sửa chữa nhầm lẫn. (We are trying to correct the mistake.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lầm lẫn: A direct synonym, identical in meaning and usage to "nhầm lẫn".
- Lầm (verb/noun): To be wrong/mistaken; a mistake. Often used in phrases like "tôi lầm" (I was wrong), "phát hiện ra lầm lỗi" (to discover an error).
- Nhầm (verb): To make a mistake, to err, to confuse. Often used in phrases like "tôi nhầm" (I made a mistake), "nhầm người" (to mistake someone for another).
- Sai lầm (noun): Often implies a more serious error, fault, or blunder.
Synonyms
- Sai sót (noun): Error, slip, oversight.
- Hỗn độn (noun): Chaos, mess, disorder (stronger than "nhầm lẫn").
- Mơ hồ (adjective): Vague, unclear (describes the cause of confusion).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Nhầm lẫn với: To confuse with, to mistake for.
- Tôi thường nhầm lẫn anh ấy với anh trai của anh ấy. (I often confuse him with his brother.)
- Nhầm lẫn giữa... và...: To confuse between... and..., to mistake... for...
- Có sự nhầm lẫn giữa hai khái niệm này. (There is confusion between these two concepts.)
Related Idioms
- "Cười trừ cho qua chuyện nhầm lẫn": To laugh it off to let the mistake/mix-up pass.
- Thay vì tức giận, anh ấy cười trừ cho qua chuyện nhầm lẫn. (Instead of getting angry, he laughed it off to let the mistake pass.)
- "Nhầm lẫn tai hại": A disastrous/grave mistake.
- Đó là một nhầm lẫn tai hại trong tính toán. (That was a disastrous error in calculation.)
- như lầm lẫn