Chinese word dictionary

亡佚

wáng yì · nonextant; lost to the ages

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Word information

Simplified亡佚

Traditional亡佚

Pinyinwáng yì

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

亡wáng

death, destruction; to lose; to perish

佚yì

to indulge in pleasures; to flee

How to learn 亡佚

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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伤亡shāngwáng

casualties; injuries and deaths

死亡sǐwáng

to die; death

灭亡mièwáng

to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate

逃亡táowáng

to flee; to go into exile

亡羊补牢wángyáng-bǔláo

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