错位

cuòwèi

to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition; (fig.) erroneous; eccentric

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 錯位

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骨头错位了。

The bone is out of place.

错位的东西要摆正。

Misplaced things must be set right.