闪失 (閃失)
shǎn shī
Pinyin

Definition

闪失 (閃失)
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shǎn shī
  1. mishap
  2. accident
  3. accidental loss

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

就是，小芬，家里又不缺你那点儿钱。万一我孙子有什么闪失，那可不是闹着玩儿的。
jiùshì ，Xiǎofēn ，jiāli yòu bù quē nǐ nà diǎnr qián 。wànyī wǒ sūnzi yǒu shénme shǎnshī ，nà kě bù shì nàozhewánr de 。
Yeah. Xiao Fang, it isn't like we need your money. What if something happened to my grandson?! That would not be a laughing matter.
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