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HSK
to disappear; to fade away
HSK 3
loss / damage / CL: 個|个 / to lose / to suffer damage
HSK 5
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
(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 lose; to misplace
HSK 7-9
to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
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
surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *失* | 失* | *失
to lose / to miss / to fail
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)
to make a (careless) mistake / oversight
to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
report the loss to the authorities concerned
No time to lose! (idiom)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
bold / forthright
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
to worry about personal gains and losses
no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all
indiscreet remark / indiscretion / slip of the tongue
mistake / slip-up
to seem as if something is amiss (idiom)
mishap / accident / accidental loss
as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty
rash / impudent
you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
to let sth slip by / to miss an opportunity
at a loss
lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated
at a loss / confused / not know what to do next
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
brain drain / outflow of talent
professional negligence
medical negligence / medical malpractice
(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
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
still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
bereavement
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
to feel despondent (idiom)
to squander / lost
fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct


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