失策
shī cè
Pinyin

Definition

失策
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shī cè
  1. to blunder
  2. to miscalculate
  3. miscalculation
  4. unwise (move)

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)
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (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
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

不理我？气死我了。今天真是失策，早知道就不搞怪了，也弄个公主造型来吸引一下大家的眼球。哎！
bù lǐ wǒ ？qì sǐ wǒ le 。jīntiān zhēnshì shīcè ，zǎo zhīdào jiù bù gǎoguài le ，yě nòng ge gōngzhǔ zàoxíng lái xīyǐn yīxià dàjiā de yǎnqiú 。ài ！
Ignore me? Now I'm mad. I really screwed up today. I knew not to do a weird one. I should have done a princess costume. That would have gotten some looks. Argh!
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