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HSK
to disappear; to fade away
HSK 3
to lose
HSK 3
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
unemployment / to lose one's job
HSK 4
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
HSK 4
lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
HSK 5
loss / damage / CL: 個|个 / to lose / to suffer damage
HSK 5
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
to lose; to misplace
HSK 7-9
(of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained
HSK 7-9
to fail / to lose effectiveness
HSK 7-9
error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency
HSK 7-9
to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
HSK 7-9
lack; deficiency / shortcoming; flaw; defect / to be deficient; to lack
HSK 7-9
out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system)
HSK 7-9
to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness
HSK 7-9
to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
HSK 7-9
to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for
HSK 7-9
to go out of control
HSK 7-9
to suffer from insomnia
HSK 7-9
(of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
HSK 7-9
to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost
HSK 7-9
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to lose / to suffer defeat
HSK 7-9
surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
to report the loss of something
HSK 7-9
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
HSK 7-9
unemployment rate
HSK 7-9
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to lose / to miss / to fail
to unbalance / an imbalance
to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
to lose one's memory
not normal / an aberration
weightlessness
(urinary or fecal) incontinence
greatly disappointed
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)
to neglect one's duty; to be guilty of dereliction of duty
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up
to lose territory / lost territory
to worry about personal gains and losses
to break a promise
to catch fire; to be on fire
(aviation) to stall
owner of sth lost or stolen
to lose one's voice / (to cry out) involuntarily
to lose by theft / to have one's property stolen
to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced
a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated
to lose color / to turn pale
to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
to lose touch with / missing / scattered / separated from
to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
to go deaf; to lose one's hearing / deafness; hearing loss
No time to lose! (idiom)
disrepair
to panic
to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia
(idiom) dazed; beside oneself
slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret
rash / impudent
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
to lose one's virginity; to lose one's chastity
fault / mistake / to miss (a chance)
to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter
disappointed; frustrated
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
to turn pale with fright (idiom)
destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced
to lose / to miss
to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措
to miss an appointment
list of lost or stolen articles
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
mishap / accident / accidental loss
inappropriate / improper
to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
to blunder / to miscalculate / miscalculation / unwise (move)
to miscalculate; to misjudge
to squander / lost
to give a false picture of the situation
to lose power and influence
disharmony / to become estranged
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
to be at a loss
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
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through
unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education

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