失 shī

1. shī verb to lose
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '失'; Guoyu '失' v 1; Kroll 2015 '失' 1, p. 410; Unihan '失'; XHZD '失' 1, p. 674)
2. shī verb to violate; to go against the norm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 失 is synonymous with 违背 in this sense (Guoyu '失' v 4; XHZD '失' 5, p. 674)
3. shī verb to fail; to miss out
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '失' 2, p. 410; XHZD '失' 3, p. 674)
4. shī verb to be lost
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 失 is synonymous with 迷失 in this sense (Guoyu '失' v 3)
5. shī verb to make a mistake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 失 is synonymous with 过错 or 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '失' v 2; Kroll 2015 '失' 2a, p. 410; Unihan '失'; XHZD '失' 4, p. 674)
6. shī verb to let go of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '失' 2, p. 674)

Contained in

• 利害得失 advantages and disadvantages gained or lost
• 失事 an accident
• 失血性贫血(失血性貧血) blood loss anemia
• 贪小失大(貪小失大) penny wise and pound foolish
• 失口 slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret
• 注意力缺失症 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 惊慌失色(驚慌失色) to go pale in panic
• 一失足成千古恨 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow
• 失业者(失業者) an unemployed person
• 有失 to fail or lose
• 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 天网恢恢，疏而不失(天網恢恢，疏而不失) heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
• 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
• 失之交臂 to miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip
• 失实(失實) to give a false picture of the situation
• 失修 disrepair
• 失魂落魄 dazed; beside oneself
• 失时(失時) to miss an opportunity
• 失当(失當) inappropriate
• 失错(失錯) mistake; slip-up; by accident
• 失措 to be at a loss
• 失之毫厘，谬以千里(失之毫厘，謬以千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
• 错失时机(錯失時機) miss an opportunity
• 失和 disharmony; to become estranged
• 认知失调(認知失調) cognitive dissonance
• 惊慌失措(驚慌失措) to lose one's head out of fear
• 失忆症(失憶症) amnesia
• 失眠 to not be able to sleep
• 智者千虑，必有一失(智者千慮，必有一失) a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake; nobody is infallible
• 失枕 a crick in the neck; stiff neck
• 言语失常症(言語失常症) speech defect
• 塞翁失马安知非福(塞翁失馬安知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 失责(失責) breach of responsibility; failure to carry out one's duty
• 冒冒失失 bold; forthright
• 表达失语症(表達失語症) expressive aphasia
• 失坠(失墜) loss
• 失调(失調) imbalance ; out of tune
• 沈失 to lose; to sink
• 混合失语症(混合失語症) mixed aphasia
• 失饥伤饱(失飢傷飽) to become sick from eating bad food
• 失语症(失語症) aphasia or aphemia (loss of language)
• 哑然失笑(啞然失笑) to laugh involuntarily
• 废失(廢失) to discard; to abandon
• 失欢(失歡) to lose favor; to become estranged
• 重大过失(重大過失) a grave mistake
• 失业率(失業率) unemployment rate
• 失期 late (for an appointed time)
• 失纵(失縱) disappear
• 得道多助，失道寡助 A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
• 丧魂失魄(喪魂失魄) distraught; dazed

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失读症

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Truncated for common words

• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 65
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 50
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 40
• 卷二十九　本紀第二十九: 泰定帝一 Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Taiding 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 38
• 卷一百九十四下 列傳第一百四十四下: 突厥下 Volume 194 Biographies 144: Tujie 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 36
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 34
• 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 32
• 卷三十二　本紀第三十二: 文宗一 Volume 32 Annals 32: Wenzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 32
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 31
• 卷二百一十五下 列傳第一百四十下 突厥下 Volume 215b Biographies 140b: Tujie 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 30

Collocations

• 失诸侯 (失諸侯) 今失諸侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 7
• 失政 (失政) 鄭莊公失政刑矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 失位 (失位) 夫人失位而作是詩也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧綠衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Lu Yi — count: 6
• 不可失 (不可失) 善不可失 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 敢失 (敢失) 殷王亦罔敢失帝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 5
• 失官 (失官) 失官 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 失守 (失守) 失守宗廟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 失国 (失國) 終又讓他失國喪威嚴 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 4
• 失德 (失德) 民之失德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧伐木 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Fa Mu — count: 4
• 失亲 (失親) 輕則失親 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4