Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Imjagpul_final
失 shī lose
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A cheated husband has to stand outside, with a label on his face - "You lose." The giant throws a giant shallot at him in despisement. |
Compositions
Imjagpul's cantonese pronunciation
失 sat1 to lose
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The hero did lose all the battles - the reason is he did not know his enemy had access to satellites (so he had no chance). |
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
失 |
Shih was origin ally composed of 手 shou hand as radical, with 乙 i a cyclical character as phonetic, and meant to relax, to let go; hence the modern signification. It is now classed under radical 大 ta great. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
失
shī
to lose/to miss/to fail