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HSK
to lose
HSK 3
to disappear; to fade away
HSK 3
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
HSK 4
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
unemployment / to lose one's job
HSK 4
lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
HSK 5
loss / damage / CL: 個|个 / to lose / to suffer damage
HSK 5
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
to go out of control
HSK 7-9
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
(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
HSK 7-9
to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for
HSK 7-9
to fail / to lose effectiveness
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
to lose; to misplace
HSK 7-9
to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
HSK 7-9
to suffer from insomnia
HSK 7-9
to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
HSK 7-9
to lose / to suffer defeat
HSK 7-9
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to report the loss of something
HSK 7-9
out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
HSK 7-9
surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
HSK 7-9
unemployment rate
HSK 7-9
(of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
lack; deficiency / shortcoming; flaw; defect / to be deficient; to lack
HSK 7-9
error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
HSK 7-9
out of one's mind
to fail to greet in timely manner
if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
flustered / ruffled / disconcerted
to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
to lose one's virginity; to lose one's chastity
to lose one's memory
to catch fire; to be on fire
alexia
absent-minded / to lose spirit / despondent
late (for an appointed time)
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
to miscalculate; to misjudge
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to lose / to miss / to fail
to be at a loss
mistake / slip-up
(urinary or fecal) incontinence
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
to show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
to unbalance / an imbalance
not normal / an aberration
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. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
to be beneath one's dignity
out of tune (music)
imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
to make a (careless) mistake / oversight
to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
to go pale in panic (idiom)
fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
disappointed; frustrated
to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time
to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
to turn pale with fright (idiom)
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
to go deaf; to lose one's hearing / deafness; hearing loss
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated
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
report the loss to the authorities concerned
old and in a state of disrepair (idiom) / dilapidated
No time to lose! (idiom)
can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive)
to lose power and influence
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education
lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) / fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence
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
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss / in a hopeless situation
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
not up to scratch; subpar; off; gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark
Failure is the mother of success.
to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc) / to lose one's chastity
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
to lose touch with / missing / scattered / separated from
defeatism
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
reckless person / hothead
to be orphaned of one's father
to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
to lose color / to turn pale
destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)

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