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贻误

yí wù

2-character word Traditional 貽誤

What 贻误 means

1. to affect adversely
2. to delay or hinder
3. to waste (an opportunity)
4. to mislead

The characters in 贻误

• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 误wùmistake; error; to miss

Sounds the same

Read yí wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 遗物personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains

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