Read Edit View history 失手 shīshǒu fail Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 失手 shīshǒu fail verb to be defeated in a contest or to make a miscalculation or unwise move in a task 这位世界冠军在决赛中意外失手，仅获得亚军。 zhè wèi shìjiè guànjūn zài juésài zhōng yìwài shīshǒu, jǐn huòdé yàjūn. The world champion made an unexpected slip-up in the final and only won the runner-up. lose control verb to lose control of one's strength or physical restraint, often leading to unintended injury 他在推搡中失手打伤了路人。 tā zài tuīsǎng zhōng shīshǒu dǎshāng le lùrén. He accidentally injured a passerby during a scuffle. slip verb to drop or break something accidentally or make a mistake through a slip of the hand 我一时失手，把刚买的瓷碗摔碎了。 wǒ yīshí shīshǒu, bǎ gāng mǎi de cíwǎn shuāisuì le. My hand slipped, and I broke the porcelain bowl I just bought. Frequency Movie subtitles 4.11 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 2.71 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
失手 shīshǒu fail verb to be defeated in a contest or to make a miscalculation or unwise move in a task 这位世界冠军在决赛中意外失手，仅获得亚军。 zhè wèi shìjiè guànjūn zài juésài zhōng yìwài shīshǒu, jǐn huòdé yàjūn. The world champion made an unexpected slip-up in the final and only won the runner-up. lose control verb to lose control of one's strength or physical restraint, often leading to unintended injury 他在推搡中失手打伤了路人。 tā zài tuīsǎng zhōng shīshǒu dǎshāng le lùrén. He accidentally injured a passerby during a scuffle. slip verb to drop or break something accidentally or make a mistake through a slip of the hand 我一时失手，把刚买的瓷碗摔碎了。 wǒ yīshí shīshǒu, bǎ gāng mǎi de cíwǎn shuāisuì le. My hand slipped, and I broke the porcelain bowl I just bought. Frequency Movie subtitles 4.11 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 2.71 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)