失手
shī shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

失手
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shī shǒu
  1. a slip
  2. miscalculation
  3. unwise move
  4. accidentally
  5. by mistake
  6. to lose control
  7. to be defeated

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
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
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
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)
一手交钱,一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哎呀,好像失手了,现在来看看对方。
āiyā ,hǎoxiàng shīshǒu le ,xiànzài lái kàn kan duìfāng 。
Oh no, it looks like you've lost. Let's see how your opponent does.
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