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失败
失敗
shībài
1. to be defeated
2. to lose
3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
4. failure
5. defeat
6. CL:[[次<cì>]]
HSK 4

Character Breakdown

失
shī
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
HSK 4 5 丶
败
bài
failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (6)

失败者
shībàizhě
loser
失败主义
shībàizhǔyì
defeatism
彻底失败
chèdǐshībài
utter failure
着着失败
zhuózhuóshībài
to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
以失败而告终
yǐshībàiérgàozhōng
to succeed through failure
失败是成功之母
shībàishìchénggōngzhīmǔ
Failure is the mother of success.

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