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to lose
HSK 3
to disappear; to fade away
HSK 3
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
HSK 4
lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
HSK 5
unemployment / to lose one's job
HSK 4
(idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
unemployment rate
HSK 7-9
out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
HSK 7-9
loss / damage / CL: 個|个 / to lose / to suffer damage
HSK 5
to lose; to misplace
HSK 7-9
to report the loss of something
HSK 7-9
to go out of control
HSK 7-9
to lose favor / to become estranged
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
to break a promise
to lose / to suffer defeat
HSK 7-9
blood loss anemia
surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
HSK 7-9
error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
HSK 7-9
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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
to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
to fail / to lose effectiveness
HSK 7-9
lack; deficiency / shortcoming; flaw; defect / to be deficient; to lack
HSK 7-9
to unbalance / an imbalance
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
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
to turn pale with fright (idiom)
(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
can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive)
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
unclaimed lost property
(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
HSK 7-9
disappointed; frustrated
to miss an appointment
to lose territory / lost territory
to be ungenerous
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
flustered / ruffled / disconcerted
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
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
(of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
HSK 7-9
to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措
rash / impudent
to catch fire; to be on fire
(aviation) to stall
greatly disappointed
to lose color / to turn pale
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
lost and found
to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
to lose / to miss
No time to lose! (idiom)
a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated
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
aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
to lose one's way / to get lost (on the road etc)
loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
lost-and-found
to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for
HSK 7-9
to worry about personal gains and losses
reckless person / hothead
to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified
to go pale in panic (idiom)
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
to give a false picture of the situation
expiry date (of document)
bereaved of one's only child
lacking in propriety / bad form
Failure is the mother of success.
disrepair
to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
to miscalculate; to misjudge
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
to lose one's memory
slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
to lose face; to be humiliated
there is no gain without a loss (idiom) / there is no such thing as a free meal
to lose sth due to leakage / to let sth slip through / a slip-up / an oversight
at a loss / confused / not know what to do next
(law) negligent homicide

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