失败

shībài

Traditional: 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

Stroke order for 失

Stroke order for 败

Examples

He is not afraid of failure.

This experiment failed.

Failure is the mother of success.

The plan failed.

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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This word is part of lesson 23.