Word information
Simplified失败
Traditional失敗
Pinyinshībài
Part of speech动、形
HSK 3.04
HSK 2.04
Chinese word dictionary
失败
shībài · to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
Character breakdown
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How to learn 失败
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