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失
Trad. 失
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(Bushou)		 大
Strokes 3
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Decomp. 丿夫
+ 大
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CNS 11643 1-4642
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失 shī to lose / to miss / to fail
Results beginning with 失
失去 shī qù to lose
失败 shī bài to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4]
失望 shī wàng disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
失眠 shī mián to suffer from insomnia
失踪 shī zōng to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for
失业 shī yè unemployment / to lose one's job
失误 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
失效 shī xiào to fail / to lose effectiveness
失恋 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
失控 shī kòng to go out of control
失利 shī lì to lose / to suffer defeat
失常 shī cháng not normal / an aberration
失调 shī diào out of tune (music)
失调 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
失意 shī yì disappointed / frustrated
失声 shī shēng to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
失衡 shī héng to unbalance / an imbalance
失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
失手 shī shǒu a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated
失态 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
失灵 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
失职 shī zhí to neglect one's duty / to be guilty of dereliction of duty
失礼 shī lǐ to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
失色 shī sè to lose color / to turn pale
失忆 shī yì to lose one's memory
失神 shī shén absent-minded / to lose spirit / despondent
失事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up
失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
失地 shī dì to lose territory / lost territory
失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire
失足 shī zú to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
失传 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
失守 shī shǒu (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
失散 shī sàn to lose touch with / missing / scattered / separated from
失信 shī xìn to break a promise
失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen
失窃 shī qiè to lose by theft / to have one's property stolen
失掉 shī diào to lose / to miss
失学 shī xué unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education
失身 shī shēn to lose one's virginity / to lose one's chastity
失笑 shī xiào to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter
失实 shī shí to give a false picture of the situation
失言 shī yán slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
失措 shī cuò to be at a loss
失重 shī zhòng weightlessness
失修 shī xiū disrepair
失约 shī yuē to miss an appointment
失禁 shī jìn (urinary or fecal) incontinence
失策 shī cè to blunder / to miscalculate / miscalculation / unwise (move)
失宠 shī chǒng to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced
失算 shī suàn to miscalculate / to misjudge
失魂 shī hún to panic
失当 shī dàng inappropriate / improper
失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now.
失聪 shī cōng to go deaf / to lose one's hearing / deafness / hearing loss
失势 shī shì to lose power and influence
失察 shī chá to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through
失速 shī sù (aviation) to stall
失节 shī jié to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc) / to lose one's chastity
失口 shī kǒu slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
失迎 shī yíng failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally
失错 shī cuò to make a careless mistake / mistake / slip-up
失单 shī dān list of lost or stolen articles
失盗 shī dào to have sth stolen / to lose to theft / robbed
失道 shī dào (literary) to lose one's way / to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
失独 shī dú bereaved of one's only child
失风 shī fēng trouble / damage / setback / sth goes wrong
失格 shī gé to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified
失和 shī hé disharmony / to become estranged
失怙 shī hù to be orphaned of one's father
失欢 shī huān to lose favor / to become estranged
失悔 shī huǐ to regret / to feel remorse
失婚 shī hūn to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)
失敬 shī jìng to show disrespect / I'm awfully sorry &ndash / please forgive me
失联 shī lián to lose contact / to be lost
失迷 shī mí to lose one's way / to get lost (on the road etc)
失期 shī qī late (for an appointed time)
失恃 shī shì to lose sb one relies upon / to lose one's mother
失序 shī xù to get into disarray / to get out of whack
失仪 shī yí discourteous / failure of etiquette
失宜 shī yí inappropriate / improper
失语 shī yǔ to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage) / aphasia
失责 shī zé breach of responsibility / failure to carry out one's duty
失瞻 shī zhān to fail to greet in timely manner
失着 shī zhāo unwise move / to make an unwise move
失枕 shī zhěn a crick in the neck / stiff neck
失智 shī zhì to lose one's cognitive function / to suffer from dementia
失坠 shī zhuì loss
失准 shī zhǔn not up to scratch / subpar / off / gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark
失纵 shī zòng disappear
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失业率 shī yè lu:4 unemployment rate
失败者 shī bài zhě loser
失业者 shī yè zhě an unemployed person
失败率  failure rate
失语症 shī yǔ zhèng aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
失职）  gross negligence
失效率  failure rate
失效雷  dead mine
失效期  expiration date
失读症 shī dú zhèng alexia
失面子 shī miàn zi to lose face / to be humiliated
失明症 shī míng zhèng blindness
失身分 shī shēn fèn demeaning
失体面 shī tǐ miàn to lose face
失体统 shī tǐ tǒng lacking in propriety / bad form
失温症 shī wēn zhèng hypothermia
失写症 shī xiě zhèng agraphia
失忆症 shī yì zhèng amnesia
失蜡法 shī zhà fǎ lost-wax
失智症 shī zhì zhèng dementia
失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò (idiom) dazed / beside oneself
失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
失而复得 shī ér fù dé to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
失学儿童 shī xué r tóng out-of-school children
失道寡助 shī dào guǎ zhù an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
失张失智 shī zhāng shī zhì out of one's mind
失散儿童  separated children
失效地雷  disarmed mine
失业公约  Convention concerning Unemployment
失踪市场  missing markets
失效炸药  unserviceable explosive / unserviceable item
失学青年  out-of-school youth
失去收入  loss of income
失败主义 shī bài zhǔ yì defeatism
失独家庭 shī dú jiā tíng a family bereaved of its only child
失去后劲 shī qù hòu jìn to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam
失去意识 shī qù yì shí unconscious
失去资格 shī qù zī ge disqualification
失调电压 shī tiáo diàn yā offset voltage
失物认领 shī wù rèn lǐng lost and found
失物招领 shī wù zhāo lǐng lost-and-found
失效火器 shī xiào huǒ qì deactivated firearm
失效日期 shī xiào rì qī expiry date (of document)
失踪妇女 shī zōng fù rǔ missing women
失落的帝国 shī luò de dì guó Atlantis:
失同步现象 shī tòng bù xiàn xiàng desynchronization
失血性贫血 shī xuè xìng pín xuè blood loss anemia
失效诱杀装置  neutralized trap
失信被执行人 shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger
失踪的被拘留者  disappeared detainees
失败是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success.
失踪人员和法医处  Office on Missing Persons and Forensics
失能收入损失保险 shī néng shōu rù sǔn shī bǎo xiǎn loss of income insurance
失所儿童和孤儿基金  Displaced Children and Orphans Fund
失窃和遗失旅行证件  stolen and lost travel document
失踪人员国际委员会  International Commission on Missing Persons
失踪人死亡宣告公约  Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons
失之东隅，收之桑榆 shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
Approximate Results for 失
消失 xiāo shī to disappear / to fade away
损失 sǔn shī loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage
丢失 diū shī to lose / to misplace
丧失 sàng shī to lose / to forfeit
迷失 mí shī to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained
遗失 yí shī to lose / to leave behind (inadvertently)
缺失 quē shī lack / deficiency / shortcoming / flaw / defect / to be deficient / to lack
得失 dé shī gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
过失 guò shī error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
有失 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
错失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
冒失 mào shi rash / impudent
痛失 tòng shī to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation)
闪失 shǎn shī mishap / accident / accidental loss
挂失 guà shī to report the loss of something
散失 sàn shī to squander / lost
灭失 miè shī loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
疏失 shū shī to make a (careless) mistake / oversight
报失 bào shī report the loss to the authorities concerned
哀失 āi shī bereavement
差失 chā shī mistake / slip-up
耗失 hào shī (of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
尽失 jìn shī (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
漏失 lòu shī to lose sth due to leakage / to let sth slip through / a slip-up / an oversight
违失 wéi shī fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct
语失 yǔ shī indiscreet remark / indiscretion / slip of the tongue
自失 zì shī at a loss
坐失 zuò shī to let sth slip by / to miss an opportunity
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不失为 bù shī wéi can still be considered (to be...) / may after all be accepted as
冒失鬼 mào shi guǐ reckless person / hothead
半失业 bàn shī yè semi-employed / partly employed / underemployed
踩失脚 cǎi shī jiǎo to lose one's footing
使失望 shǐ shī wàng to disappoint
玩失踪 wán shī zōng to hide oneself (as a joke)
惊慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
万无一失 wàn wú yī shī surefire / absolutely safe (idiom)
得不偿失 dé bù cháng shī the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
财产损失 cái chǎn sǔn shī property damage
机不可失 jī bù kě shī No time to lose! (idiom)
不失时机 bù shī shí jī to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time
大失所望 dà shī suǒ wàng greatly disappointed
患得患失 huàn dé huàn shī to worry about personal gains and losses
黯然失色 àn rán shī sè to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
心律失常 xīn lu:4 shī cháng arrhythmia
流离失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced
人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent
顾此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance
马失前蹄 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
北叟失马 běi sǒu shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
仓皇失措 cāng huáng shī cuò flustered / ruffled / disconcerted
成败得失 chéng bài dé shī lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
大惊失色 dà jīng shī sè to turn pale with fright (idiom)
得而复失 dé ér fù shī to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
惊惶失措 jīng huáng shī cuò see 驚慌失措|惊慌失措[jing1 huang1 shi1 cuo4]
惊慌失色 jīng huāng shī sè to go pale in panic (idiom)
进退失据 jìn tuì shī jù no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / at a loss / in a hopeless situation
忙中有失 máng zhōng yǒu shī rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
千虑一失 qiān lu:4 yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human
若有所失 ruò yǒu suǒ shī as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty
如有所失 rú yǒu suǒ shī to seem as if something is amiss (idiom)
塞翁失马 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
丧魂失魄 sàng hún shī pò out of one's senses / shaken to the core / dazed
爽然若失 shuǎng rán ruò shī at a loss / confused / not know what to do next
惘然若失 wǎng rán ruò shī lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated
言多必失 yán duō bì shī if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
哑然失笑 yǎ rán shī xiào to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
张皇失措 zhāng huáng shī cuò panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4]
坐失机宜 zuò shī jī yí to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance
错失行为  wrongdoing
物种消失  loss of species
丧失岁数  years of life lost
有过失的  guilty (adj)
丧失能力  incapacitated
重迭失真  aliasing
土地丧失  land loss
丢失报告  loss reporting
财务损失  financial loss
金钱损失  financial loss
森林丧失  forest loss
自行失效  self-neutralization / self-deactivation
共同过失  contributory negligence
青年失业  youth unemployment
行为失常  behaviour disorders / behavioural disorders
资产流失  dissipation of assets
收入损失  loss of income
隐性失业  disguised unemployment / concealed unemployment
条约失效  invalidity of a treaty
百无一失 bǎi wú yī shī no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all
被迫失踪 bèi pò shī zōng enforced disappearance
彻底失败 chè dǐ shī bài utter failure
沉积缺失 chén jī quē shī sedimentation lacuna
惆怅若失 chóu chàng ruò shī to feel despondent (idiom)
飞机失事 fēi jī shī shì plane crash
过失杀人 guò shī shā rén see 過失致死罪|过失致死罪[guo4 shi1 zhi4 si3 zui4]
交臂失之 jiāo bì shī zhī to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity
截留损失 jié liú sǔn shī interception losses
茫然失措 máng rán shī cuò at a loss (idiom)
冒冒失失 mào mào shī shī bold / forthright
年久失修 nián jiǔ shī xiū old and in a state of disrepair (idiom) / dilapidated
农药飘失 nóng yào piāo shī pesticide drift
人财两失 rén cái liǎng shī see 人財兩空|人财两空[ren2 cai2 liang3 kong1]
认知失调 rèn zhī shī tiáo cognitive dissonance
容颜失色 róng yán shī sè (of complexion) to lose one's color / to blanch / to look wan
丧失殆尽 sàng shī dài jìn to be used up / to be exhausted
神经失常 shén jīng shī cháng mental aberration / nervous abnormality
审判失误 shěn pàn shī wù mistrial
市场失灵 shì chǎng shī líng market
市场损失 shì chǎng sǔn shī market damage
收复失地 shōu fù shī dì to recover lost territory
睡眠失调 shuì mián shī tiáo sleep disorder
思觉失调 sī jué shī tiáo psychosis
贪小失大 tān xiǎo shī dà penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
停止损失 tíng zhǐ sǔn shī stop loss order SL / compulsory halt to stock trading when prices fall to predetermined level
土壤流失 tǔ rǎng liú shī soil depletion
无主失物 wú zhǔ shī wù unclaimed lost property
显失公平 xiǎn shī gōng píng unconscionability
行为失检 xíng wéi shī jiǎn misdemeanour
言多语失 yán duō yǔ shī see 言多必失[yan2 duo1 bi4 shi1]
业务过失 yè wù guò shī professional negligence
医疗疏失 yī liáo shū shī medical negligence / medical malpractice
意外损失 yì wài sǔn shī incidental damages
有得有失 yǒu dé yǒu shī you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
有失厚道 yǒu shī hòu dao to be ungenerous
有失身份 yǒu shī shēn fèn to be beneath one's dignity
有失远迎 yǒu shī yuǎn yíng (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
元音失读 yuán yīn shī dú vowel devoicing
援助流失 yuán zhù liú shī aid leakage
着着失败 zhāo zhāo shī bài (idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
植被损失 zhí bèi sǔn shī devegetation
着着失败 zhuó zhuó shī bài to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
作战失踪 zuò zhàn shī zōng see 作戰失蹤人員|作战失踪人员[zuo4 zhan4 shi1 zong1 ren2 yuan2]
损失的利益  lucrum cessans
灾难性损失  catastrophic loss
功能失调的  dysfunctional
长宽比失真  aspect-ratio distortion
摩擦性失业  frictional unemployment
高失真国家  high-distortion country
犯因性失衡  criminogenic imbalances
自行失效雷  self-neutralizing mine
部门性失业  sectorial unemployment
过失杀人罪  involuntary manslaughter
无过失责任  non-fault liability
非自愿失踪  involuntary disappearance
表达失语症 biǎo dá shī yǔ zhèng expressive aphasia
不失效经费 bù shī xiào jīng fèi non-lapsing provision
大意失荆州 dà yi shī Jīng zhōu lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) / fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence
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