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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迷* | 迷* | *迷
to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滚* | 滚* | *滚
to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost!
HSK 5
Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
to recover (lost territory etc) / to recapture
HSK 7-9
One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
HSK 7-9
to lose contact / to be lost
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
to lose territory / lost territory
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
(coll.) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now; to be nothing special anymore; to have lost its novelty
to recover lost territory
picked up items (i.e. lost property)
lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society
to advertise for the owner of lost property
to be lost / to be ruined / to perish / to wither away
to lose one's way / to get lost (on the road etc)
lost game / losing battle
(of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
HSK 7-9
unclaimed lost property
to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
to be scattered and lost
to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
HSK 7-9
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
foolish / stupid / lost in thought / in a daze
owner of sth lost or stolen
anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person
lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom) / fig. at a complete loss
(literary) to lose one's way; to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
to have lost interest; to have had enough
to wander off / to stray / to get lost
to recover (sth lost or stolen) / to get back
to find / to track down / to recover (sth lost)
to recover some lost ground (in a competition)
to have lost both one's parents
to do sth after the time it should have been done / to do sth to make up for not having done it before / to reapply for (a lost document, card etc)
Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel
nonextant / lost to the ages
to squander / lost
missing / lost
lost and found
Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
lost in thought / in a daze
to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated
to get lost / to lose one's way
spellbound / entranced / lost in thought
(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
list of lost or stolen articles
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
to not know what to say; to be lost for words
lost-and-found
to have lost one's mind / crazy / soft in the head
to admit defeat; to accept having lost
to wander off; to get lost
lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one
lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation)
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom) / in a fog / muddled / completely unfamiliar with sth
dispersed and lost
extinct profession / lost trade / unique skill / astonishing / fantastic
lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
to drink as the result of having lost a bet
as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty
to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
to make up for lost sleep
to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground
to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
lost battle / defeat
lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death
to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish
lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
to have lost consciousness
alas / all is lost
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
to recover one's sight / (fig.) to recover (lost territories)
vast haze / lost in boundless mists
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅 and several lost works
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佚* | 佚* | *佚
lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of


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