张冠李戴 (Zhāng guān Lǐ dài) — lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom); to confuse one thing with another

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张三李四 (Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) — lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom)

张三，李四，王五，赵六 (Zhāng Sān , Lǐ Sì , Wáng Wǔ , Zhào Liù) — (four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry

张家长，李家短 (Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn) — lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

张王李赵 (Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào) — (idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone

瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 (guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān) — lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)

金冠戴菊 (jīn guān dài jú) — goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

行李 (xíng li) — luggage

张 (zhāng) — to open up

紧张 (jǐn zhāng) — nervous

戴 (dài) — to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)

冠军 (guàn jūn) — champion

夸张 (kuā zhāng) — to exaggerate

主张 (zhǔ zhāng) — to advocate

开张 (kāi zhāng) — to open a business

伸张 (shēn zhāng) — to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)

Synonyms

一无是处 (yī wú shì chù) — (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong

不对 (bù duì) — incorrect; wrong; amiss

不当 (bù dàng) — unsuitable; improper; inappropriate

似是而非 (sì shì ér fēi) — apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

大错特错 (dà cuò tè cuò) — to be gravely mistaken (idiom)

失实 (shī shí) — to give a false picture of the situation

左 (zuǒ) — left; the Left (politics); east

悖谬 (bèi miù) — absurd; irrational

Broader Terms

不足为训 (bù zú wéi xùn) — not to be taken as an example; not an example to be followed; not to be taken as authoritative

狗屁 (gǒu pì) — bullshit; nonsense

盲目 (máng mù) — blind; blindly; ignorant

笔误 (bǐ wù) — a slip of a pen

脱误 (tuō wù) — omission; missing word

误食 (wù shí) — to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest

靠不住 (kào bu zhù) — unreliable

Example Sentences

你搞错了，别张冠李戴。 — You've got it wrong; don't mix things up.

这篇报道张冠李戴，弄错了当事人。 — This news report mixed up identities and got the people involved wrong.

历史研究最怕张冠李戴，必须仔细核实每一个细节。 — Historical research fears mixing up facts the most; every detail must be carefully verified.

他常把两位演员张冠李戴，总是分不清谁是谁。 — He often mixes up the two actors and can never tell who is who.

翻译文献时最忌张冠李戴，一旦把作者搞混，整篇论文的引用都会出错。 — When translating documents, mixing up attributions is the biggest taboo; once you confuse the authors, all the citations in the paper will be wrong.