错 cuò
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 昔 past, former
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
错综复杂
cuòzōngfùzá
intricate; complicated; complex
Characters in this word
综 zōng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 宗 ancestry, clan, family, lineage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
复 fù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 夊 — to go slowly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家公司的股权关系错综复杂，外人很难看明白。 Zhè jiā gōngsī de gǔquán guānxì cuòzōngfùzá, wàirén hěn nán kàn míngbai. The shareholding relationships of this company are intricate, and outsiders find them hard to understand.
- 老城区的小巷错综复杂，我第一次去就迷路了。 Lǎo chéngqū de xiǎoxiàng cuòzōngfùzá, wǒ dì yī cì qù jiù mí lù le. The alleys in the old town form a tangled maze, and I got lost the first time I went.
- 他们之间的感情错综复杂，一两句话说不清楚。 Tāmen zhījiān de gǎnqíng cuòzōngfùzá, yì liǎng jù huà shuō bù qīngchu. The feelings between them are complicated and cannot be explained in a sentence or two.
Related words
- 错 cuò wrong; mistake
- 不错 búcuò good; not bad
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 没错 méicuò correct; right
- 认错 rèncuò to admit a mistake
- 差错 chācuò error; mistake
- 错别字 cuòbiézì wrongly written or misused character; typo
- 错觉 cuòjué illusion; misconception; false impression
- 错位 cuòwèi to be misplaced; to be out of alignment; dislocation
- 过错 guòcuò fault; mistake; wrongdoing
- 综合 zōnghé comprehensive; overall
- 综艺 zōngyì variety show; variety entertainment