丧失 (喪失)
sàng shī
Pinyin

Definition

丧失 (喪失)
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sàng shī
  1. to lose
  2. to forfeit

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
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 classifier: 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
消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away

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
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 lǜ yī shī
  1. 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我真羡慕你每天活力满满，我好像是多次努力之后，希望落空，也就丧失了信心和动力。
wǒ zhēn xiànmù nǐ měitiān huólì mǎnmǎn ，wǒ hǎoxiàng shì duōcì nǔlì zhīhòu ，xīwàng làokōng ，yě jiù sàngshī le xìnxīn hé dònglì 。
I really envy you, living in high spirits every day. I lose my confidence and motivation after several failed attempts.
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这些Line啊，微信什么的，先不讨论这在工作上是不是真的能带来高效率，你把这心态套用在处理人际关系上，就只是让你丧失对人的耐性，增加自己的焦虑感而已。
zhèxiē Line ā ，wēixìn shénme de ，xiān bù tǎolùn zhè zài gōngzuòshàng shìbushì zhēnde néng dàilái gāo xiàolǜ ，nǐ bǎ zhè xīntài tàoyòng zài chǔlǐ rénjìguānxi shàng ，jiù zhǐshì ràng nǐ sàngshī duì rén de nàixìng ，zēngjiā zìjǐ de jiāolǜgǎn éryǐ 。
Let's put aside for a minute whether or not Line, WeChat and all that actually bring more efficiency to the workplace. If you apply this state of mind to your interpersonal relationships, you will lose your patience for people and just increase your own level of anxiety.
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可是丧失了“铁饭碗”，提高了失业率，将造成人心的不稳定，同样不利于经济的发展。
kěshì sàngshī le “tiěfànwǎn ”，tígāo le shīyèlǜ ，jiāng zàochéng rénxīn de bù wěndìng ，tóngyàng bùlì yú jīngjì de fāzhǎn 。
But the death of the ``iron rice bowl" has raised the unemployment rate. That will make people less confident. It's also no good for economic development.
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