损 (損)
sǔn
Pinyin

Definition

损 (損)
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sǔn
  1. to decrease
  2. to lose
  3. to damage
  4. to harm
  5. (coll.) to speak sarcastically
  6. to deride
  7. caustic
  8. mean
  9. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

损伤
sǔn shāng
  1. 1 to harm
  2. 2 to damage
  3. 3 to injure
  4. 4 impairment
  5. 5 loss
  6. 6 disability
损友
sǔn yǒu
  1. 1 bad friend
损失
sǔn shī
  1. 1 loss
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 to lose
  5. 5 to suffer damage
损害
sǔn hài
  1. 1 harm
  2. 2 to damage
  3. 3 to impair
亏损
kuī sǔn
  1. 1 deficit
  2. 2 (financial) loss

Idioms (5)

损人不利己
sǔn rén bù lì jǐ
  1. 1 to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
损人利己
sǔn rén lì jǐ
  1. 1 harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
损公肥私
sǔn gōng féi sī
  1. 1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
  2. 2 venal and selfish behavior
欲益反损
yù yì fǎn sǔn
  1. 1 wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster
  2. 2 It all ends in tears.
满招损，谦受益
mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì
  1. 1 (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
  2. 2 pride comes before a fall

Sample Sentences

这个价格，不买就是损失，买到就是赚到呀！
zhè ge jiàgé ，bù mǎi jiùshì sǔnshī ，mǎi dào jiùshì zhuàn dào ya ！
At this price, not buying is a loss and buying is a bargain!
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这些又快又好地完成一项作业，通过讲求速度来尽可能的消除从一项作业转到另一项作业时所造成的时间损失。
zhèxiē yòu kuài yòu hǎo de wánchéng yī xiàng zuòyè ，tōngguò jiǎngqiú sùdù lái jǐnkěnéng de xiāochú cóng yī xiàng zuòyè zhuàn dào lìng yī xiàng zuòyè shí suǒ zàochéng de shíjiān sǔnshī 。
"The only objective of making the student finish the homework neatly, quickly, and efficiently is to minimize the loss of time created while turning to the next homework assignment as much as possible."
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一直以来，无人零售的出现也伴随着商品丢失的尴尬，对此，店里安装有多个摄像头，以对顾客行为进行约束。该店已经试运营一个月，目前还未发现恶意盗损行为。
yīzhí yǐlái ，wúrén língshòu de chūxiàn yě bànsuí zhe shāngpǐn diūshī de gāngà ，duì cǐ ，diàn lǐ ānzhuāng yǒu duōge shèxiàngtóu ，yǐ duì gùkè xíngwéi jìnxíng yuēshù 。gāi diàn yǐjīng shì yùnyíng yīgē yuè ，mùqián hái wèi fāxiàn èyì dàosǔn xíngwéi 。
Unmanned retail operations has always had pilfering problems, to resolve this problem, the store has installed several cameras, to deter customers from stealing. The shop has trialed for a month, and up till now has not experienced any malicious theft
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可不是嘛，如果想要带一些跌打损伤的药品，可以选择香港国际机场一号航站楼的余仁生，那里的保健品都是纯中药的，价格比它的原产国新加坡还便宜，买一些家中常备药经济实惠。
kěbushì ma ，rúguǒ xiǎngyào dài yīxiē diēdǎsǔnshāng de yàopǐn ，kěyǐ xuǎnzé Xiānggǎng guójì jīchǎng yīhào hángzhànlóu de Yúrénshēng ，nàli de bǎojiàn pǐn dōu shì chún Zhōngyào de ，jiàgé bǐ tā de yuánchǎn guó Xīnjiāpō hái biànyí ，mǎi yīxiē jiā zhōng chángbèi yào jīngjì shíhuì 。
Right? If you want to get some medicine for cuts and bruises, you can go to the Eu Yan Sang in Terminal 1 of Hong Kong International Airport. The health products are all pure traditional Chinese medicine, and the price is cheaper than in Singapore, the country of origin, so you can stock up on everyday medicine for a cheap price.
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库克警告说加征关税将损害苹果竞争力，令其在和三星的竞争中处于不利地位。
Kùkè jǐnggào shuō jiāzhēng guānshuì jiāng sǔnhài Píngguǒ jìngzhēnglì ，lìng qí zài hé Sānxīng de jìngzhēng zhōng chǔyú bùlì dìwèi 。
Cook warned that the addition of tariffs would damage Apple's competitiveness and put it at a disadvantage with Samsung.
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7月26日，外媒称，波音7月24日公布该公司史上最大季度亏损。
yuè rì ，wàiméi chēng ，Bōyīn yuè rì gōngbù gāi gōngsī shǐshàng zuìdà jìdù kuīsǔn 。
On July 26, foreign media said that Boeing announced the largest quarterly loss in the company's history on July 24.
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八田19日在京都接受记者采访时说：“断肠之痛。无法承受。我做梦都没有想到（伤亡）这么惨重。”他说，失去众多漫画精英“对我们公司，对动漫界都是巨大损失”。
bātián rì zài Jīngdū jiēshòu jìzhě cǎifǎng shí shuō ：“duàncháng zhī tòng 。wúfǎ chéngshòu 。wǒ zuòmèng dōu méiyǒu xiǎngdào （shāngwáng ）zhème cǎnzhòng 。”tā shuō ，shīqù zhòngduō mànhuà jīngyīng “duì wǒmen gōngsī ，duì dòngmàn jiè dōu shì jùdà sǔnshī ”。
In an interview with reporters in Kyoto on the 19th, Yada said: “unbearable pain and heartache. I never dreamt that (life casualties) would be so many." He said that losing many talented comic artists is a huge loss to our company. ".
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日本京都动画公司社长八田英明19日证实，18日火灾将京都动画第一工作室过去全部画作、资料和电脑中储存的作品全部烧毁，损失巨大。
Rìběn Jīngdū dònghuà gōngsī shèzhǎng bātiányīngmíng rì zhèngshí ， rì huǒzāi jiāng Jīngdū dònghuà dìyī gōngzuòshì guòqù quánbù huàzuò 、zīliào hé diànnǎo zhōng chǔcún de zuòpǐn quánbù shāohuǐ ，sǔnshī jùdà 。
Japan’s Kyoto Animation Company’s president, Yasuda Hideaki, confirmed on the 19th that the fire on the 18th destroyed all the paintings, materials and computer-stored works of Kyoto Animation’s first studio.
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近几年来，网络消费发展迅猛，微商就是其中的典型代表，同时也成为消费者权益受损的重灾区。
jìnjǐniánlái ，Wǎngluò xiāofèi fāzhǎn xùnměng ，wēishāng jiùshì qízhōng de diǎnxíng dàibiǎo ，tóngshí yě chéngwéi xiāofèizhě quányì shòusǔn de zhòngzāiqū 。
In recent years, online spending has developed rapidly. Micro-business is a typical example of this development but at the same time it has also become the hardest hit group for consumer rights and interests.
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第六：美国史上第三强的飓风”麦可“来袭，佛罗里达损失惨重。
dìliù ：Měiguó shǐshàng dìsān qiáng de jùfēng ”Màikě “láixí ，Fúluólǐdá sǔnshī cǎnzhòng 。
6. Hurricane Michael, the third-most intense hurricane in the history of U.S. hits, causing major losses in Florida.
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