shī​shì

accident

失事 shī​shì
accident verb
to have a serious accident involving a vehicle, such as a plane crash or shipwreck

The passenger plane unfortunately crashed on its way to Shanghai.

fail verb
to mess things up or fail in a task or mission

The rescue team is searching for the black box of the crashed airplane.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.05 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.29 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT