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张冠李戴

Zhāng guān Lǐ dài

4-character word Traditional 張冠李戴

What 张冠李戴 means

1. lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
2. to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
3. to confuse one thing with another

The characters in 张冠李戴

• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 冠guànto put on a hat; to be first; to dub
• 李lǐplum
• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear