参差错落 — Chinese idiom
参差错落
cēn cī cuò luò
Traditional: 參差錯落
Meaning
- uneven and jumbled ; irregular and disorderly
- in a tangled mess
Character by character
- 参cēnto take part in, to intervene; ginseng
- 差cīdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an offi
- 错cuòerror, mistake; incorrect, wrong
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
Idioms sharing a character
- 参差不齐 cēn cī bù qí
- 毁誉参半 huǐ yù cān bàn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 天差地别 tiān chā dì bié
- 天差地远 tiān chā dì yuǎn
- 差强人意 chā qiáng rén yì
- 丝毫不差 sī háo bù chā
- 阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò
- 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ
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