大意失荆州

dà yi shī jīng zhōu

Định nghĩa

1. lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom)
2. fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence

Từ cấu thành 大意失荆州

• 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 大意 dà yì: general idea
• 大意 dà yi: careless
• 州 zhōu: prefecture
• 失 shī: to lose
• 意 yì: idea
• 荆 jīng: chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
• 荆州 jīng zhōu: Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei