"Loss" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 sǔn shī loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage
 kuī sǔn deficit / (financial) loss
 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
 sǔn shāng to harm / to damage / to injure / impairment / loss / disability
 péi běn loss / to sustain losses
 miè shī loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
 shé běn a loss / to lose money
 shé qián a loss / to lose money
 shī zhuì loss
 méi fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
 máng rán blankly / vacantly / at a loss
 mí máng vast and indistinct / perplexed / bewildered / at a loss
 bù zhī suǒ cuò not knowing what to do (idiom) / at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
 mí wǎng perplexed / at a loss
 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
 tuō fà to lose one's hair / hair loss / alopecia
 shū yíng win or loss / outcome
 sǔn yì profit and loss / increase and decrease
 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
 sù shēn body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
 shǒu zú wú cuò at a loss to know what to do (idiom) / bewildered
 wú suǒ shì cóng not knowing which course to follow (idiom) / at a loss what to do
 xī shēng pǐn sacrificial victim / sb who is expendable / item sold at a loss
 yíng kuī profit and loss / waxing and waning
 kuī běn to make a loss
 xū tuō to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) / heat exhaustion
 niǔ kuī to make good a deficit / to reverse a loss
 jiū jié to intertwine / to band together (with) / to link up (with) / twisted / tangled / confused / to be at a loss
 yǎ kǒu wú yán dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words
 tòng shī to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
 shǎn shī mishap / accident / accidental loss
 yǔ sè to be at a loss for words / speechless
 guà shī to report the loss of something
 dà huò bù jiě to be at a loss (idiom)
 shī cuò to be at a loss
 zhāng kǒu jié shé agape and tongue-tied (idiom) / at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss
 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship
 pò cái bankrupt / to suffer financial loss
 sǔn yì biǎo income statement (US) / profit and loss account (UK)
 shī cōng to go deaf / to lose one's hearing / deafness / hearing loss
 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
 xiāo kě condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes
 wù gōng to delay one's work / to be late for or absent from work / loss of working time
 fáng sǔn loss prevention
 bào shī report the loss to the authorities concerned
 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
 péi to compensate for loss / to indemnify / to suffer a financial loss
 hàn regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
 rén cái liǎng kōng loss of life and property / to lose the beauty and her possessions
 duò yún wù zhōng lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom) / fig. at a complete loss
 mō bu zháo tóu nǎo to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss
 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
 wú yán kě duì unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words
 shuǎng rán ruò shī at a loss / confused / not know what to do next
退 jìn tuì shī jù no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / at a loss / in a hopeless situation
 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
 wǎng rán ruò shī lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated
 xuè yùn coma caused by loss of blood / fainting at the sight of blood / Taiwan pr. [xie3 yun1]
 shī xuè xìng pín xuè blood loss anemia
 dào péi to sustain loss in trade
 tíng zhǐ sǔn shī stop loss order SL / compulsory halt to stock trading when prices fall to predetermined level
 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
 shī yǔ to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage) / aphasia
 chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
 shé hào loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage
 pāo bǔ cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
 méi yǒu fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
 mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall
 shuǎng rán open and happy / carefree / at a loss / confused
 kuī zhé to make a capital loss
 kuī běn chū shòu to sell at a loss
 jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ progressive aphasia / gradual loss of speech
 jiàn hóng (coll.) to bleed (esp. vaginal bleeding) / to suffer a financial loss
使  loss of containment
 shī néng shōu rù sǔn shī bǎo xiǎn loss of income insurance
  ozone layer loss
  loss of one or more steps in grade
  Manual and Guidelines for Comprehensive Flood Loss Prevention and Management
  loss of genetic variations
  loss of species
  catastrophic loss
  biodiversity loss
  irrecoverable loss
  Convention concerning Unemployment Indemnity in Case of Loss or Foundering of the Ship
  land loss
  loss reporting
  financial loss
  financial loss
  forest loss
  Guidelines for Flood Loss Prevention and Management in Developing Countries
  loss of income
  loss of income
 wèi jué chí dùn amblygeustia / loss of food taste
 pò cái miǎn zāi a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
 zì shī at a loss
 àn kuī hidden loss (finance)
 yǒu suǒ dé bì yǒu suǒ shī there is no gain without a loss (idiom) / there is no such thing as a free meal
 zhǐ sǔn diǎn (finance) stop-loss point (price at which one resolves to sell a security at a loss in order to avoid the possibility of having to sell later at an even lower price)
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