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交错

jiāo cuò

2-character word Traditional 交錯

What 交错 means

1. to crisscross
2. to intertwine

The characters in 交错

• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad

Example sentences

• 我们试图让手指互相交错。
  Wǒmen shìtú ràng shǒuzhǐ hùxiāng jiāocuò.
  We kept our fingers crossed.
• 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树彷佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。
  In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.

Words containing 交错

• 纵横交错zòng héng jiāo cuòcriss-crossed (idiom)
• 履舄交错lǚ xì jiāo cuòlit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go…
• 觥筹交错gōng chóu jiāo cuòwine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined; to drink and gamble together in a large…