流失
liú shī
Pinyin

Definition

流失
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liú shī
  1. (of soil etc) to wash away
  2. to be eroded
  3. (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere
  4. to fail to be retained

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
失恋
shī liàn
  1. 1 to lose one's love
  2. 2 to break up (in a romantic relationship)
  3. 3 to feel jilted
失败
shī bài
  1. 1 to be defeated
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. 4 failure
  5. 5 defeat
  6. 6 CL:次[cì]
失望
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia
失落
shī luò
  1. 1 to lose (sth)
  2. 2 to drop (sth)
  3. 3 to feel a sense of loss
  4. 4 frustrated
  5. 5 disappointment
  6. 6 loss
流
liú
  1. 1 to flow
  2. 2 to disseminate
  3. 3 to circulate or spread
  4. 4 to move or drift
  5. 5 to degenerate
  6. 6 to banish or send into exile
  7. 7 stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. 8 class, rate or grade
流泪
liú lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
流量
liú liàng
  1. 1 flow rate
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 throughput
  4. 4 site traffic (Internet)
消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
潮流
cháo liú
  1. 1 tide
  2. 2 current
  3. 3 trend
风流
fēng liú
  1. 1 distinguished and accomplished
  2. 2 outstanding
  3. 3 talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
  4. 4 romantic
  5. 5 dissolute
  6. 6 loose
一流
yī liú
  1. 1 top quality
  2. 2 front ranking
上流
shàng liú
  1. 1 upper class
下流
xià liú
  1. 1 lower course of a river
  2. 2 low-class
  3. 3 mean and lowly
  4. 4 vulgar
  5. 5 obscene
丢失
diū shī
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 lost
主流
zhǔ liú
  1. 1 main stream (of a river)
  2. 2 fig. the essential point
  3. 3 main viewpoint of a matter
  4. 4 mainstream (culture etc)
交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
人流
rén liú
  1. 1 stream of people
  2. 2 abortion
  3. 3 abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
千虑一失
qiān lu:4 yī shī
  1. 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
  1. 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
坐失机宜
zuò shī jī yí
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
坐失良机
zuò shī liáng jī
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
塞翁失马
sài wēng shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
大惊失色
dà jīng shī sè
  1. 1 to turn pale with fright (idiom)
天网恢恢，疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
失之毫厘，谬以千里
shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
  1. 1 a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差之千里
shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ
  1. 1 a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

Sample Sentences

你这一走，真是又流失了一名有用的人才啊。要知道当年读硕士的时候，你可是公认的高才生，毕业后也一直混得不错，没想到这么快就要到国外工作去了。你真的那么向往国外的生活吗？
nǐ zhè yī zǒu ，zhēnshì yòu liúshī le yī míng yǒuyòngde réncái ā 。yào zhīdào dāngnián dú shuòshì de shíhou ，nǐ kěshì gōngrèn de gāocáishēng ，bìyè hòu yě yīzhí hùn de búcuò ，méixiǎngdào zhème kuài jiù yào dào guówài gōngzuò qù le 。nǐ zhēnde nàme xiàngwǎng guówài de shēnghuó ma ？
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I'm still not optimistic about the prospects for environmental protection. Just doing a few little things is not nearly enough. Everywhere you look are erosion, water shortages, and air pollution. If we don't start paying more attention, after a few more years, people will need masks and oxygen bottles to survive. What a huge tragedy.
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可是，虽然中国的MBA教育发展还不算久，不算特别成熟和完善，但我们的确是需要大量的高级管理人才啊。MBA教育在中国一直在逐步升温。从15年前清华大学开始试点培养MBA人才，到1999年拥有颁布MBA证书资格的高校数目就已经上升到56所，到现在更是呈几何倍数增长，报考人数和毕业人才数也越来越多。我倒是很赞成在中国本土培养MBA人才，这样不仅省去了远洋学习的重重困难与麻烦，还避免了人才流失。所以呀，尽管中国的MBA教育还处于萌芽状态，我们还是要给予支持的。
kěshì ，suīrán Zhōngguó de MBA jiàoyù fāzhǎn hái bù suàn jiǔ ，bù suàn tèbié chéngshú hé wánshàn ，dàn wǒmen díquè shì xūyào dàliàng gāojí guǎnlǐ réncái ā 。MBA jiàoyù zài Zhōngguó yīzhí zài zhúbù shēngwēn 。cóng shíwǔ niánqián Qīnghuádàxué kāishǐ shìdiǎn péiyǎng MBA réncái ，dào yī jiǔ jiǔ jiǔ nián yōngyǒu bānbù MBA zhèngshū zīge de gāoxiào shùmù jiù yǐjīng shàngshēngdào wǔshíliù suǒ ，dào xiànzài gèng shì chéng jǐhé bèishù zēngzhǎng ，bàokǎo rénshù hé bìyè réncái shù yě yuèláiyuèduō 。wǒ dàoshì hěn zànchéng zài Zhōngguó běntǔ péiyǎng MBA réncái ，zhèyàng bùjǐn shěng qù le yuǎnyáng xuéxí de chóngchóng kùnnan yǔ máfan ，hái bìmiǎn le réncái liúshī 。suǒyǐ yā ，jǐnguǎn Zhōngguó de MBA jiàoyù hái chǔyú méngyá zhuàngtài ，wǒmen hái shì yào jǐyǔ zhīchí de 。
But although we can't say that the MBA in China has been developing for a long time, and it's not especially mature or complete, we definitely need a lot of high level management talent. MBA education in China has been getting gradually hotter. From Qinghua University's launch of MBA training fifteen years ago, to 1999 when the number of universities offering an MBA degree reached 56, to today, when the number is rising geometrically, more and more people are taking the entrance exams and graduating. I actually really support China's domestic training of MBAs. This way, not only do you save a lot of trouble and hassle by not needing to go far away to study, you also avoid a brain drain. So, although MBA training is just getting started in China, we should still support it.
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