失序
shī xù
Pinyin
Definition
失序
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- to get into disarray
- to get out of whack
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
井然有序
- 1 everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
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
北叟失马
- 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
- 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
千虑一失
- 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
Sample Sentences
我只觉得一切好像失序了,难道是我老古板吗?
I just feel like everything seems to have lost its order. Am I really such a square?