失去
shīqù
to lose
Part of speech · verb
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Examples
- 不要轻易失去信心。Don’t easily lose confidence.
- 错过了这次,就失去了机会。Miss this time and you lose the chance.
Collocations
失去信心失去机会失去联系永远失去
Mnemonic
失 shī "to lose" + 去 qù "to go away": to lose so it goes away, i.e. to lose (what one had). 失去信心 = to lose confidence. The exact opposite of 取得 / 获得 (to obtain). Opposite of 得到 (to gain).
Related
丧失失掉得到获得
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