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shī bài

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Definitions

  1. 1. to be defeated
  2. 2. to lose
  3. 3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. 4. failure
  5. 5. defeat

Example Sentences

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失败 了。
Source: Tatoeba.org

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Words Containing 失败

以失败而告终
yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng

to succeed through failure

失败主义
shī bài zhǔ yì

defeatism

失败是成功之母
shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ

Failure is the mother of success.

失败者
shī bài zhě

loser

彻底失败
chè dǐ shī bài

utter failure

着着失败
zhuó zhuó shī bài

to fail at every step of the way (idiom)

Child Words of 失败

败
bài

to defeat

失
shī

to lose

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