dà​yi​shī​jīng​zhōu

to suffer a major setback due to carelessness

大意失荆州 大意失荊州 dà​yi​shī​jīng​zhōu
to suffer a major setback due to carelessness
to lose a critical position or suffer a major defeat because of negligence. This idiom refers to the historical event where the general 关羽 guān​yǔ lost 荆州 jīng​zhōu to his rivals during the Three Kingdoms period.

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0.105 per million

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