失恋 (失戀)
shī liàn
Pinyin

Definition

失恋 (失戀)
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shī liàn
  1. to lose one's love
  2. to break up (in a romantic relationship)
  3. to feel jilted

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

我失恋了。今天早上跟我男朋友分手。
wǒ shīliàn le 。jīntiān zǎoshang gēn wǒ nán péngyou fēnshǒu 。
I'm just out of a relationship. I broke up with my boyfriend this morning.
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前几天我最爱的男艺人传出绯闻，我以为我失恋了。
qiánjǐtiān wǒ zuìài de nán yìrén chuánchū fěiwén ，wǒ yǐwéi wǒ shīliàn le 。
Rumors of romantic triste surrounding my favorite celebrity surfaced a few days ago, I felt like I'd fallen out of love.
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真的啦，我讲失恋只是讲好玩的，我是很理性的粉丝！
zhēnde la ，wǒ jiǎng shīliàn zhǐshì jiǎng hǎowán de ，wǒ shì hěn lǐxìng de fěnsī ！
Really, I was only kidding about falling out of love, I'm one of the more rational fans!
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他失恋了，现在情况很糟糕。
tā shīliàn le ，xiànzài qíngkuàng hěn zāogāo 。
He had a break-up, so now the situation is terrible.
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但是如果你分手了，失恋了，或者离婚了，可以说。
dànshì rúguǒ nǐ fēnshǒu le ，shīliàn le ，huòzhě líhūn le ，kěyǐ shuō 。
But if you break up and are heartbroken or you get divorced, you can say it.
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他暗恋的女生失恋了，他就趁机向她表白。
tā ànliàn de nǚshēng shīliàn le ，tā jiù chènjī xiàng tā biǎobái 。
The woman that he had a crush on broke up with her boyfriend, so he used this moment to tell her how he felt.
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上学时候我们女孩子不太喝酒。除非是有特殊情况，比如失恋啦什么的。
shàngxué shíhou wǒmen nǚháizi bùtài hējiǔ 。chúfēi shì yǒu tèshū qíngkuàng ，bǐrú shīliàn la shénme de 。
When we were at college, us girls didn't drink too much. Unless it were special circumstances, like breaking up with someone. Something like that.
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