错以为 meaning in English

mistake a for

My happiness has a sad face , so sad that for years i took it for my unhappiness and drove it away
我的幸福有一张苦脸,多年以来,我错以为是不幸福,把我的幸福赶走了
And i forgot to mention , as an answer westerners do not find a use for hangul or kimonos at all . but you can find at this forum that so many westerners want the chinese characters , to have them tattooed on their bodies . i never heard of westerners wanting hangul or hiragana tattooed on their bodies . so still , even the chinese characters are very accepted to the westerners too
我认为中国人对他们自己的发明没有有着足够的认知,这包括汉字.中国汉字不是日本汉字,倒可以说日本汉字是中国汉字.典型的西方人错以为日本汉字是日本人的发明.甚至我也被欺骗了直到我研究了它.汉字可能已经在这改变了一点儿,在那又增加了一点儿,但它不是日本人发明的,更不是韩国人