错失 (錯失)
cuò shī
Pinyin

Definition

错失 (錯失)
 - 
cuò shī
  1. fault
  2. mistake
  3. to miss (a chance)

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

嗨，这种现象就叫做FOMO，fear of missing out，错失恐惧症，所以就算有了时间的积累，没有效率也是白搭。确定了目标就全力以赴，别自欺欺人地所谓尽力而为。
hāi ，zhèzhǒng xiànxiàng jiù jiàozuò FOMO ，fear of missing out ，cuòshī kǒngjùzhèng ，suǒyǐ jiùsuàn yǒu le shíjiān de jīlěi ，méiyǒu xiàolǜ yě shì báidā 。quèdìng le mùbiāo jiù quánlìyǐfù ，bié zì qī qī rén de suǒwèi jìnlì ér wèi 。
Ha, that phenomenon is called FOMO - fear of missing out, so even if you have put in the hours, it doesn't mean anything if you're not being effective. Once you've fixed your goal, you have to put all your energy towards it and not fool yourself by doing as much as you feel can.
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