谬误

謬誤
miùwù
noun #42,220

Meanings

  1. 1 error; falsehood
  2. 2 fallacy

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè piān wénzhāng lǐ yǒu bùshǎo miùwù.
This article contains quite a few errors.
HSK 5
Zhéxué kè shàng, lǎoshī jiǎng le jǐ zhǒng chángjiàn de miùwù.
In philosophy class, the teacher went through several common fallacies.

Tips

usage
Formal and written, a step stronger than plain 错误. 谬 means absurd or false, as in 荒谬 (absurd) and 谬论 (fallacious argument). In logic a named fallacy is a 谬误 too: 滑坡谬误 (slippery-slope fallacy).

Stroke Order

谬 miù
误 wù