失败
shībàiTraditional: 失败
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Translation
to fail; failure
Word origin
A compound of 失 meaning to lose and 败 meaning to be defeated, together loss and defeat. It means to fail or failure.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 失 (shī, lose) + 败 (bài, defeat)
Stroke order
失
败
Examples
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He is not afraid of failure.
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This experiment failed.
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Failure is the mother of success.
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The plan failed.
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Do not give up over a single failure.
失败 (shībài) means to fail, or failure. Its direct opposite is 成功, to succeed.
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