认错 rèncuò to admit an error
to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
How to remember 认错: 认 recognize + 错 mistake = to admit an error.
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How it is used
- To admit one's mistake / apologize - 主动认错 (zhǔdòng rèncuò) to own up unprompted.
- Verb-object 认 (acknowledge) + 错 (fault); about admitting fault, not correcting the error itself.
- Note a second literal reading: 认错人 (rèncuò rén) means to mistake one person for another.