mistake for; misidentify
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to mistake one thing for another; to misidentify; to see wrongly
dialectUsed in dialectal Chinese (particularly northern dialects) to describe mistakenly recognizing or seeing something as something else, often due to poor lighting, distance, or inattentiveness.
Gāng刚
cái才
kàn看
jiàn见
de的
bù不
shì是
xiē蝎
zi子
，
shì是
wǒ我
yǎn眼
chà岔
le了
。
What I saw just now wasn't a scorpion; I mistook it.
Tiān天
tài太
hēi黑
，
wǒ我
yǎn眼
chà岔
le了
，
bǎ把
shí石
tou头
kàn看
chéng成
le了
tù兔
zi子
。
It was too dark; I mistook a stone for a rabbit.
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Nǐ你
bié别
guài怪
wǒ我
yǎn眼
chà岔
，
nǐ你
men们
liǎ俩
chuān穿
yī一
yàng样
de的
yī衣
fu服
，
wǒ我
yī一
shí时
méi没
fēn分
qīng清
。
Don't blame me for mixing you up—you two are wearing the same clothes, and I couldn't tell you apart for a moment.
Lǎo老
rén人
yǎn眼
chà岔
，
bǎ把
mò陌
shēng生
rén人
dāng当
chéng成
le了
zì自
jǐ己
de的
ér儿
zi子
。
The elderly person mistook a stranger for his own son.