阴差阳错
yīnchā-yángcuòTraditional 陰差陽錯
by a strange twist of fate; by mistake
Every meaning
yīnchā-yángcuò
- by a strange twist of fate; by mistake
Its characters
- 阴yīnovercast; cloudy
- 差chādifference; discrepancy (as in 差别, 差距)
- 阳yángsun; sunshine (as in 阳光)
- 错cuòwrong; mistaken
Words with 阴
Words with 差
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.