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)
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
拾遗
shí yí
to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
误工费
wù gōng fèi
cost of lost labor
六经
Liù jīng
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
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
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom) / fig. at a complete loss
秤砣虽小压千斤
chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
轶事遗闻
yì shì yí wén
anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom) / a letter does not arrive / lost in transmission
鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
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
人事不知
rén shì bù zhī
to have lost consciousness
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
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
死信
sǐ xìn
lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death
乐经
Yuè jīng
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
一着不慎，满盘皆输
yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū
One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
(literary) to lose one's way / to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
张揖
Zhāng Yī
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
彭养鸥
Péng Yǎng ōu
Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂
(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
mí