Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
失去
shīqù
Description
"失去"的意思是不再有本来拥有的东西，比如失去朋友、失去机会。
"失去" means no longer having something that was originally possessed, such as losing friends or losing opportunities.
我们常常在东西没有了以后才发现它有多重要。
We often realize how important something was only after we have lost it.
Meanings
失去shīqù
to lose; to no longer have
他失去了工作，很难过。
He lost his job and is very upset.
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Notes
- Etymology
失 means "lose" and 去 marks the departing/completed sense, together "to lose."
- Nuance
more abstract than 丢; used for chances, hope, people, not just physical objects.
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