失利
shī lì
Pinyin
Definition
失利
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- to lose
- to suffer defeat
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一本万利
- 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
人有失手,马有失蹄
- 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
- 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
- 3 even the best fall down sometimes
仁言利博
- 1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
便民利民
- 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)