nhầm nhỡ

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Một người đàn ông nhầm nhỡ bước lên chuyến xe buýt sai.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Mistaken, erroneous, wrong: Describes an action, decision, or situation that is incorrect or based on error.
   • Missed, slipped (an opportunity): Describes a state of having missed or failed to seize a chance, often due to a mistake or misjudgment, leading to regret.

Usage

• As an adjective: Used to describe a state of error or a missed opportunity. It often conveys a sense of regret or consequence resulting from the mistake.
  • Anh ấy đã có một quyết định nhầm nhỡ. (He made a mistaken decision.)
  • Cô ấy rất tiếc vì sự nhầm nhỡ đó. (She deeply regrets that mistake.)

Examples

• (Just because of a momentary mistake, he lost the opportunity.)
• (That is an erroneous number, please check again.)
• (Time passed in a state of missed chances.)

Advanced Usage

• "sự nhầm nhỡ": The state or fact of being mistaken; an error or blunder.
  • Sự nhầm nhỡ trong tính toán dẫn đến thất bại. (The miscalculation led to failure.)
• Often used in literary or formal contexts to describe irreversible mistakes, especially in life choices or love, carrying a poetic nuance of regret.

Variants and Related Words

• Lầm lỡ (verb/adjective): To err; to make a mistake; mistaken. This is the direct synonym and root form referenced in the definitions. "Nhầm nhỡ" is considered a variant with identical meaning.
  • Đời người có những lúc lầm lỡ. (In life, there are times of error.)

Synonyms

• Sai lầm (noun/adjective): Mistake, error, wrong.
• Nhầm lẫn (noun/adjective): Confusion, mix-up, error.

Notes on Meaning

• The word strongly implies that the mistake has led to or may lead to negative consequences, often with an emotional weight of regret or loss. It is not used for trivial, correctable errors.
• It can describe both concrete errors (e.g., in calculation) and abstract, life-altering mistakes (e.g., in relationships or career).

Học thuật

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