将错就错 — Chinese idiom
将错就错
jiāng cuò jiù cuò
Traditional: 將錯就錯
Meaning
- lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong ; to make the best after a mistake
- to accept an error and adapt to it
- to muddle through
Character by character
- 将jiāngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a gener
- 错cuòerror, mistake; incorrect, wrong
- 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near
- 错cuòerror, mistake; incorrect, wrong
Idioms sharing a character
- 大厦将倾 dà shà jiāng qīng
- 天兵天将 tiān bīng tiān jiàng
- 将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò
- 将勤补拙 jiāng qín bǔ zhuō
- 将心比心 jiāng xīn bǐ xīn
- 将计就计 jiāng jì jiù jì
- 恩将仇报 ēn jiāng chóu bào
- 慷慨输将 kāng kǎi shū jiāng
- 手下败将 shǒu xià bài jiàng
- 残兵败将 cán bīng bài jiàng
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