失败 (失敗)
shī bài
Pinyin

Definition

失败 (失敗)
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shī bài
  1. to be defeated
  2. to lose
  3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. failure
  5. defeat
  6. CL:次[cì]

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

她自己的案子失败，竟敢让我背黑锅。
tā zìjǐ de ànzi shībài ，jìnggǎn ràng wǒ bēihēiguō 。
Her case failed, and she had the audacity to make me take the responsibility for it.
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才华对一个作家来说当然是很重要的事情，但后天的努力也是必不可少的，相信东野圭吾也是付出了很多努力，经历了很多失败才有今天的成绩的。
cáihuá duì yī gè zuòjiā láishuō dāngrán shì hěn zhòngyào de shìqing ，dàn hòutiān de nǔlì yě shì bìbùkěshǎo de ，xiāngxìn Dōngyě Guīwú yě shì fùchū le hěn duō nǔlì ，jīnglì le hěn duō shībài cái yǒu jīntiān de chéngjì de 。
Of course talent is important for a writer, but hard work is also necessary regardless of natural talent. I believe that Keigo Higashino has also done a lot of hard work and experienced his fair share of failure before he attained what he has today.
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这种没有什么能力的人，只会幸运一次，不会有第二次，迟早会失败的。
zhèzhǒng méiyǒu shénme nénglì de rén ，zhǐ huì xìngyùn yī cì ，bù huì yǒu dì èr cì ，chízǎo huì shībài de 。
Those incompetent people would only get lucky once. There won’t be a second time. They will fail sooner or later.
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所以人一旦失败或是受到伤害，就算很久很久以后遇到类似的事情，或是类似的东西的时候，他们还是会记得，还是会感到害怕。
suǒyǐ rén yīdàn shībài huòshì shòudào shānghài ，jiùsuàn hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐhòu yùdào lèisì de shìqing ，huòshì lèisì de dōngxi de shíhou ，tāmen háishi huì jìde ，háishi huì gǎndào hàipà 。
Therefore, once people encounter failure or get hurt, even though a long time has passed, when they run into similar situations, they would still be reminded and get scared of.
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那就是闯关失败，不过你们也可以用“求救卡，我就会给你们提示。
nà jiùshì chuǎngguān shībài ，búguò nǐmen yě kěyǐ yòng “qiújiùkǎ ，wǒ jiù huì gěi nǐmen tíshì 。
Then you fail the challenge, but you can also use your 'Save me' card and I can give you a clue.
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贾先生，贾太太，关于手术的失败，我们真的很遗憾。
Jiǎ xiānsheng ，Jiǎ tàitai ，guānyú shǒushù de shībài ，wǒmen zhēnde hěn yíhàn 。
Doctor: Mr and Mrs Jia, it's with deep regret that I inform you that the operation failed.
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手术失败？是你建议我们开刀的，说什么，开刀还有一线希望，现在却跟我说手术失败！你有没有医德啊？
shǒushù shībài ？shì nǐ jiànyì wǒmen kāidāo de ，shuō shénme ，kāidāo háiyǒu yīxiàn xīwàng ，xiànzài què gēn wǒ shuō shǒushù shībài ！nǐ yǒumeiyǒu yīdé ā ？
Son: The operation failed? You're the one who told us she should have the operation. You said that the operation offered a glimmer of hope, but now you're saying it didn't work! Didn't you swear an oath to help people?
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心理学家有说过，拖延症是种自我保护，并不是精神疾病。现代人处在日益激烈的竞争环境中，产生很大的“评价压力”，一些人恐惧自己没能力面对，于是选择拖延，因为拖延会带给人“掌控感”，也就是说即使最后失败，也可以给自己和他人一个合理的解释，一个台阶下。
xīnlǐxuéjiā yǒu shuō guo ，tuōyánzhèng shì zhǒng zìwǒbǎohù ，bìngbùshì jīngshén jíbìng 。xiàndài rén chǔzài rìyìjīliè de jìngzhēng huánjìng zhōng ，chǎnshēng hěndà de “píngjiàyālì ”，yīxiē rén kǒngjù zìjǐ méi nénglì miànduì ，yúshì xuǎnzé tuōyán ，yīnwèi tuōyán huì dàigěi rén “zhǎngkònggǎn ”，yějiùshìshuō jíshǐ zuìhòu shībài ，yě kěyǐ gěi zìjǐ hé tārén yīgè hélǐ de jiěshì ，yīgè táijiē xià 。
A psychologist once said, procrastination is a form of self-protection and that it is not a psychological disorder. People nowadays live in an ever more competitive environment, putting a lot of pressure from criticism, some people fear that they won't be able to measure up, so they choose to procrastinate, because procrastination gives them back a sense of control, so that even if they fail in the end, they can offer up an explanation to themselves and to others, an exit strategy.
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失败是成功之母，下次你一定会成功。
shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ ，xiàcì nǐ yīdìng huì chénggōng 。
Failure is the mother of success. You'll definitely be successful next time.
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他的生意失败了，对他的刺激很大。
tā de shēngyì shībài le ，duì tā de cìjī hěn dà 。
His business failed and it was a great shock to him.
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