hài
shǐ

idiom
literary
formal

Meaning of 鲁鱼亥豕

鲁鱼亥豕 means clerical error; misprint; error in textual transmission. Pronounced lǔ yú hài shǐ.

  • clerical error; misprint; error in textual transmission

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zài
liú
chuán
guò
chéng
zhōng
nán
miǎn
yǒu
hài
shǐ
zhī
 

Errors inevitably crept into this ancient text during its transmission.

Biān
jiào
duì
 
miǎn
hài
shǐ
 

The editor carefully proofread to avoid clerical errors.

Yóu
chāo
xiě
zhě
de
shū
 
yuán
wén
chū
xiàn
le
hài
shǐ
de
cuò
 

Due to the copyist's negligence, the original text contained errors of similar characters.