失效
shī xiào
Pinyin
Definition
失效
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- to fail
- to lose effectiveness
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
上行下效
- 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
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
以儆效尤
- 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
- 2 as a warning to others
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
Sample Sentences
旧卡已经失效了,剪掉就可以了,请放心。
The old card has already been invalidated, so you can just cut it up, don't worry.