失
shī
to lose
to miss; to fail
他不小心失去了钱包。
tā bù xiǎo xīn shī qù le qián bāo。
he carelessly lost his wallet.
这次机会如果失去，就很难再有了。
zhè cì jī huì rú guǒ shī qù，jiù hěn nán zài yǒu le。
if this opportunity is missed, it will be very hard to have another one.
Words with 失
黯然失色
àn rán shī sè
to lose one's splendor
失地
shī dì
to lose territory
顾此失彼
gù cǐ shī bǐ
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
失掉
shī diào
to lose
错失
cuò shī
fault
万无一失
wàn wú yī shī
surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
失物招领
shī wù zhāo lǐng
lost-and-found
损失
sǔn shī
loss
失调
shī diào
out of tune (music)
失调
shī tiáo
imbalance
机不可失
jī bù kě shī
No time to lose! (idiom)
失实
shī shí
to give a false picture of the situation