失
Meanings
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- 1.to lose
- 2.to miss
- 3.to fail
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Wiktionary
- 1.to lose; to lose track of; to mislay
- 2.to fail; to not succeed
- 3.to breach; to violate
- 4.to neglect; to miss
- 5.mistake; fault; wrongdoing
- 6.75th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "failure" (𝍐)
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) depicting a footprint of someone that has fallen surrounded by drops of blood (Ji Xusheng, 2004). Alternatively, according to Shuowen, Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 手 + 乙 — something falling from a hand (手). However, the original form doesn't show any hand. Cognate with 佚 (OC *liɡ, “to escape; to lose”), 逸 (OC *lid, “to escape; at ease”) (Schuessler, 2007). Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Cogtse Situ [Term?] (ka-ʃlə̂k, “to fall (from hand)”), Japhug ɕlɯɣ (“to fall; to slip”) (Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019). Note also Thai เล็ดลอด (lét-lɔ̂ɔt, “to sneak; to escape by stealth”) (Manomaivibool, 1975).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你會失敗。
You will fail.
我沒想失禮。
I didn't mean to be rude.
他們考試失敗了。
They failed the exam.
損失是無法估計的。
The losses are incalculable.
我們爲什麼失敗了？
Why did we fail?
他們為失敗放棄了他。
They gave him up for lost.
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Derived terms
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