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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 失

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "失"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 失

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Pinyin shī

Radical

Strokes

Definition

to lose / to miss / to fail

Usage

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失去 shī qù

to lose

哑然失笑 yǎ rán shī xiào

to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]

失败 shī bài

to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4]

损失 sǔn shī

loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage

失业 shī yè

unemployment / to lose one's job

消失 xiāo shī

to disappear / to fade away

失误 shī wù

lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

失望 shī wàng

disappointed / to lose hope / to despair

失利 shī lì

to lose / to suffer defeat

流失 liú shī

drainage / to run off / to wash away

失踪 shī zōng

to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for

失调 shī tiáo

imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)

失学 shī xué

unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education

失常 shī cháng

not normal / an aberration

失落 shī luò

to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss

有失 yǒu shī

to fail or lose (used in fixed expressions)

失眠 shī mián

to suffer from insomnia

得失 dé shī

gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits

不失 bù shī

Without losing

失却 shī què

lose / miss

失守 shī shǒu

(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse

失宠 shī chǒng

to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced

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

失忆 shī yì

amnesiac / memory loss

失忆症 shī yì zhèng

amnesia

怅然若失 chàng rán ruò shī

feel lost / become lost in a deep reverie / be in a despondent mood

失恋 shī liàn

to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted

惊惶失措 jīng huáng shī cuò

see 驚慌失措|惊慌失措[jing1 huang1 shi1 cuo4]

张惶失措 zhāng huáng shī cuò

Zhang panic

惊慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò

to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)

失掉 shī diào

to lose / to miss

失控 shī kòng

to go out of control

失措 shī cuò

to be at a loss

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]

手足失措 shǒu zú shī cuò

Sibling

仓皇失措 cāng huáng shī cuò

flustered / ruffled / disconcerted

冒失 mào shi

rash / impudent

冒冒失失 mào mào shī shī

bold / forthright

失效 shī xiào

to fail / to lose effectiveness

失敬 shī jìng

sorry / Sorry I didn't recognize you.

得不偿失 dé bù cháng shī

the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)

有失公允 yǒu shī gōng yǔn

Unfair

失灵 shī líng

out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)

疏失 shū shī

to make a (careless) mistake / oversight

失眠症 shī mián zhèng

insomnia / vigilance / anhypnosis / anhypnia / hyposomnia

失窃 shī qiè

to lose by theft / to have one's property stolen

缺失 quē shī

deficiency / shortcoming / hiatus

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

失聪 shī cōng

to go deaf / to lose hearing

丢失 diū shī

to lose / lost

丧失 sàng shī

to lose / to forfeit

失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì

to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip

茫然若失 máng rán ruò shī

vacuity / be all adrift

失衡 shī héng

to unbalance / an imbalance

马失前蹄 mǎ shī qián tí

lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness

迷失 mí shī

to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost

闪失 shǎn shī

mishap / accident / accidental loss

失陪 shī péi

goodbye (modest formula) / Excuse me, I must leave.

失陷 shī xiàn

fall / fall into enemy's hands

失之偏颇 shī zhī piān pǒ

Biased

失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò

dazed / beside oneself (idiom)

丧魂失魄 sàng hún shī pò

distraught / dazed

黯然失色 àn rán shī sè

to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed

How to write 失

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Stroke by Stroke: 失 Writing Order

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Free Printable 失 Handwriting Practice Worksheets

Meaning of 失

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