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Open the tool →鲁鱼亥豕 (lǔ yú hài shǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Typographical errors or mistakes in written text”.
鲁鱼亥豕 is pronounced lǔ yú hài shǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 鲁鱼亥豕 means “Lu (character) mistaken for Yu (character), Hai (character) mistaken for Shi (character)”. It is used to mean “Typographical errors or mistakes in written text”.
把“鲁”字错成“鱼”字,把“亥”字错成“豕”字。指书籍在传写或刻印过程中的文字错误。