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Make a correction in Chinese

to make a correction · HSK 7–9

更正 gēng zhèng

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  1. 更 gèng more
  2. 正 zhèng straight

报纸更正了昨天的错误。 The newspaper corrected yesterday's mistake.

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Make a correction in Chinese is 更正 (gēng zhèng).

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