yīn
chā
yáng
cuò

idiom
common

Meaning of 阴差阳错

阴差阳错 means due to a strange combination of circumstances; by mistake; as luck would have it. Pronounced yīn chā yáng cuò.

  • due to a strange combination of circumstances; by mistake; as luck would have it

Definitions & Examples

yīn
chā
yáng
cuò
de
zuò
shàng
le
Shàng
hǎi
de
huǒ
chē
 

I mistakenly got on the train to Shanghai.

Yīn
chā
yáng
cuò
 
men
jìng
zài
guó
xiāng
chéng
le
tóng
shì
 

By a strange twist of fate, they actually became colleagues in a foreign land.

Zhè
fēng
xìn
yīn
chā
yáng
cuò
de
sòng
dào
le
shǒu
 

This letter ended up in my hands due to a strange coincidence.