rèn​cuò HSK7

apologize

认错 (認錯) rèn​cuò
apologize verb
to admit an error or acknowledge one's mistake

Realizing he was in the wrong, he took the initiative to apologize to the teacher.

mistake someone for verb
to mistake one person for another

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.35 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.67 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

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