失事
shī shì
Pinyin

Definition

失事
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shī shì
  1. (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
  2. to mess things up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
事业
shì yè
  1. 1 undertaking
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  5. 5 publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  6. 6 career
  7. 7 occupation
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè
失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia

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)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome

Sample Sentences

我上飞机前眼皮直跳，有种不祥的预感。上个月刚有飞机失事，我们不会这么倒霉吧？
wǒ shàng fēijī qián yǎnpí zhítiào ，yǒu zhǒng bùxiáng de yùgǎn 。shàng ge yuè gāng yǒu fēijī shīshì ，wǒmen bùhuì zhème dǎoméi ba ？
Before I boarded the plan my eyelids were twitching, and I had a sort of ominous feeling. Just last month a plane had an accident, there is no way we could be this unlucky, is there?
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