岔子

chàzi
  1. branch road
  2. setback
  3. accident
  4. hiccup

CEDICT

  1. accident; trouble; something wrong
  2. branch road; byroad; sideroad

Wiktionary

事物发生意外变动或错误。《官场现形记．第三六回》：「他说得如此老靠，断无不来之理，莫非出了岔子，又有什麽变卦？」也作「岔儿」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 岔 chà
  1. fork in road
  2. bifurcation
  3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
  4. to branch off
  5. to turn off
  6. to diverge
  7. to stray (from the path)
  8. to change the subject
  9. to interrupt
  10. to stagger (times)
2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

出岔子 chūchàzi
  1. to go wrong
  2. to take a wrong turning
找岔子 zhǎochàzi
  1. to look for blemishes
  2. to find fault
  3. nitpicking

Related entries

挫折 cuòzhé
  1. setback
  2. reverse
  3. check
  4. defeat
  5. frustration
  6. disappointment
  7. to frustrate
  8. to discourage
  9. to set sb back
  10. to blunt
  11. to subdue
一个人得遇到多大的挫折才会自杀？

How frustrated must a person be to commit suicide?

Source: Tatoeba

受挫 shòucuò
  1. thwarted
  2. obstructed
  3. setback
失风 shīfēng
  1. trouble
  2. damage
  3. setback
  4. sth goes wrong
退步 tuìbù
  1. to do less well than before
  2. to make a concession
  3. setback
  4. backward step
  5. leeway
  6. room to maneuver
  7. fallback
事故 shìgù accident

classifiers: 樁, 起, 次

事故發生。

Accidents happen.

Source: Tatoeba

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