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大錯特錯

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
to be as wrong as wrong can be; to be utterly wrong; to be grievously mistaken
  • 大错特错
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Origin

The phrase 大錯特錯 is formed by combining several characters. The character 大 means big, large, or huge, while 錯 means wrong, erroneous, or incorrect. The character 錯 is composed of the semantic component 金 (copper) and the phonetic component 昔 (former times, the past, or ancient times).

The character 特 means bull or ox. It is composed of the semantic component 牛 (bovine, such as a cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, or yak) and the phonetic component 寺 (government court or office before the Han dynasty). The component 寺 is itself formed from the semantic component 又 (again or once more) and the phonetic component 之 (to go).

Further components within these characters include 昔, which contains the components 龷, 仌 (ice), and 日 (sun), and 之, which is composed of 止 (foot) and 一 (one).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

這個詞是由「大」、「錯」、「特」、「錯」四個字組成。「大」字表示巨大、大或宏偉。「錯」字表示錯誤、不正確或有誤，其字形包含表示銅（Cu）的語義成分「金」，以及作為音符的「昔」。其中「昔」字包含「日」的語義成分，並由「仌」與「龷」等成分構成。

「特」字的原意為公牛或牛。「特」字由語義成分「牛」與音符「寺」組成。在字形結構中，「寺」包含語義成分「又」，並由「之」作為音符，而「之」字則由「止」與「一」組成。透過這些字組成的詞彙，用以強調錯誤的程度極深。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese錯 “wrong; erroneous; incorrect”
    • meaningChinese金 “copper (Cu)”
    • soundChinese昔 “former times; the past; long ago; ancient times”
      • soundChinese龷
      • ideaChinese仌 “ice”
      • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
  • characterChinese特 “bull; ox”
    • meaningChinese牛 “bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g …”
    • soundChinese寺 “government court; office (before the Han dynasty)”
      • soundChinese之 “to go”
        • ideaChinese止 “foot”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • meaningChinese又 “again; once more”
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Meanings

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  1. to be as wrong as wrong can be; to be utterly wrong; to be grievously mistaken

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 形容所犯錯誤到達極點。 例：很多人都以為金錢就是一切，這實在是大錯特錯的想法。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0