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失事

shī shì · shi shi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
to mess things up

2 examples

这(zhè)次(cì)飞(fēi)机(jī)失(shī)事(shì)造(zào)成(chéng) 200 人(rén)死(sǐ)亡(wáng)。

The plane accident cost the lives of 200 people.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by witbrock · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

那(nà)艘(sōu)船(chuán)在(zài)暴(bào)风(fēng)雨(yǔ)中(zhōng)失(shī)事(shì)，船(chuán)员(yuán)们(men)都(dōu)被(bèi)救(jiù)了(le)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

That ship had an accident in the storm, and all the crew members were rescued.

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