hài​shǐ​zhī​wù

clerical error

  1. typos
    Handwriting or typographical errors caused by the confusion of characters with similar forms. This term originates from a legend where the character for "three" was mistaken for "ji" and "pig" was mistaken for "hai"
  2. 之 zhī particle
    [possessive]
    Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.
  3. 误 誤 wù nounaffix
    mistake
    (bound form) an error; a mistake