jiāng​cuò​jiù​cuò

to make the best of a mistake

  • created sense approved 将错就错/將錯就錯 · jiāng​cuò​jiù​cuò · to make the best of a mistake — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    将错就错 / 將錯就錯

    jiāng​cuò​jiù​cuò

    to make the best of a mistake

    to knowingly continue doing something wrong after an error has already been committed; to leave a mistake as it is and proceed with it rather than correcting it

    将 (literal) → 将/將 · jiāng · to take 错 (literal) → 错/錯 · cuò · wrong 就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · to accommodate 错 (literal) → 错/錯 · cuò · wrong

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense