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  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
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  *输* | 输* | *输
to lose; to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate; to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password)
HSK 3
to lose
HSK 3
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
unemployment / to lose one's job
HSK 4
to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth)
HSK 4
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
HSK 4
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  *败* | 败* | *败
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
HSK 4
to lose weight
HSK 4
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  *亏* | 亏* | *亏
to lose (money); to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily; fortunately; thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
HSK 5
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  *瘦* | 瘦* | *瘦
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
HSK 5
loss / damage / CL: 個|个 / to lose / to suffer damage
HSK 5
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  *丢* | 丢* | *丢
to lose / to put aside / to throw
HSK 5
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  *慌* | 慌* | *慌
to get panicky; to lose one's head / (coll.) (after ) unbearably; terribly
HSK 5
impatient / to lose patience
HSK 5
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  *夺* | 夺* | *夺
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose
HSK 6
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
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  *晕* | 晕* | *晕
confused / dizzy / giddy / to faint / to swoon / to lose consciousness / to pass out
HSK 6
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  *昏* | 昏* | *昏
muddle-headed / twilight / to faint / to lose consciousness
HSK 6
to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away
HSK 7-9
to lose; to misplace
HSK 7-9
to fail / to lose effectiveness
HSK 7-9
to lose consciousness / to be in a coma / stupor / coma / stunned / disoriented
HSK 7-9
to lose money; to suffer a financial loss / to pay for damages
HSK 7-9
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
to be engrossed / to be absorbed with / to lose oneself in / to be addicted to
HSK 7-9
(typically followed by ) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat
HSK 7-9
to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
HSK 7-9
to lose / to suffer defeat
HSK 7-9
to die / to lose one's life
HSK 7-9
to become extinct; to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate
HSK 7-9
to lose a family fortune (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
HSK 7-9
to lose face / humiliation
HSK 7-9
to lose face
HSK 7-9
to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
HSK 7-9
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  *损* | 损* | *损
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes:
HSK 7-9
to lose heart / to be discouraged
HSK 7-9
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
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  *失* | 失* | *失
to lose / to miss / to fail
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  *丧* | 丧* | *丧
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged
to lose one's way
to get lost / to lose one's way
to lose one's hair / hair loss; alopecia
to lose a lawsuit
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  *亡* | 亡* | *亡
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
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 lose color / to turn pale / to bleach / to fade
to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election
to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
whereabouts / (lose) track (of)
to burn fat; to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
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  *厥* | 厥* | *厥
to faint / to lose consciousness / his / her / its / their
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives)
to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
to lose by theft / to have one's property stolen
to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business)
to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated
to lose color / to turn pale
to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error
to lose touch with / missing / scattered / separated from
lost game / losing battle
to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
to lose shape / to deform
to go deaf; to lose one's hearing / deafness; hearing loss
No time to lose! (idiom)
to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace
to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3]
to go mad / to go crazy / to lose one's mind
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
to lose one's virginity; to lose one's chastity
to lose / to miss
to break the hymen / to lose virginity
a maze / to lose the way / bewildering
to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
to lose consciousness / unconscious / in a coma
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
this life / to lose face / to be disgraced
to lose territory / lost territory
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced
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
(of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64
to lose one's memory
the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose
seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose / every moment counts
to lose power and influence
to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave
to lose a war
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness

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