失败

shī bài · shi bai

Traditional 失敗

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to be defeated
  2. to lose
  3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. failure
  5. defeat
  6. CL:次 (cì)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)方(fāng)案(àn)在(zài)最(zuì)后(hòu)的(de)时(shí)刻(kè)失(shī)败(bài)了(le)。

Our plans fell through at the last minute.

Tatoeba: Chinese by CLARET · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

因(yīn)为(wèi)你(nǐ)不(bú)够(gòu)努(nǔ)力(lì),所(suǒ)以(yǐ)才(cái)会(huì)失(shī)败(bài)。

The reason why you failed is you did not try hard enough.

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

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