失误 (失誤)
shī wù
Pinyin

Definition

失误 (失誤)
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shī wù
  1. lapse
  2. mistake
  3. to make a mistake
  4. fault
  5. service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

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

我们怎么好跟政府比。政府输了，顶多是个决策失误。而我们输了，就是赔了夫人又折兵啊。
wǒmen zěnme hǎo gēn zhèngfǔ bǐ 。zhèngfǔ shū le ，dǐngduō shì ge juécè shīwù 。ér wǒmen shū le ，jiùshì péile fūrén yòu zhébīng a 。
How can we compare to the government? If the government fails, at worst it will be called a "policy decision error", but if we fail, we face a dual loss.
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3. 在和人争辩或工作出现失误后，我还能继续安心工作：______
sān . zài hé rén zhēngbiàn huò gōngzuò chūxiàn shīwù hòu ，wǒ hái néng jìxù ānxīn gōngzuò ：______
3. After having a dispute or a problem at work, I can still continue to work calmly:_____
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