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"to be lost" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
沦丧 淪喪 lún sàng to be lost / to be ruined / to perish / to wither away syn
失联 失聯 shī lián to lose contact / to be lost
耗失 hào shī (of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
尽失 盡失 jìn shī (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
Chinese Pinyin Translation
迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) syn
迷失 mí shī to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost syn
转向 轉向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost / to lose one's way syn
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought syn
走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn
香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel
走散 zǒu sàn to wander off / to stray / to get lost
招领 招領 zhāo lǐng to advertise for the owner of lost property
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo 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 syn
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn
失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn
遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
米尔顿 米爾頓 mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost
失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen
逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn
败局 敗局 bài jú lost game / losing battle syn
出神 chū shén spellbound / entranced / lost in thought syn
收复 收復 shōu fù to recover (lost territory etc) / to recapture syn
死灰复燃 死灰復燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom) / fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one syn
反扑 反撲 fǎn pū to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground syn
追回 zhuī huí to recover (sth lost or stolen) / to get back syn
败仗 敗仗 bài zhàng lost battle / defeat
失地 shī dì to lose territory / lost territory syn
补发 補發 bǔ fā to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
散失 sàn shī to squander / lost syn
拾遗 拾遺 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc) syn
沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn
六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
罚酒 罰酒 fá jiǔ to drink as the result of having lost a bet
迷漫 mí màn vast haze / lost in boundless mists syn
误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor
呜呼哀哉 嗚呼哀哉 wū hū āi zāi alas / all is lost syn
滚 滾 gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn
迷 mí to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused syn
迷航 mí háng off course / lost (of ship or plane) / having lost one's way syn
路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn
佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] syn
死信 sǐ xìn lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death syn
鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
塞翁失马 塞翁失馬 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
塞翁失马安知非福 塞翁失馬安知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
堕云雾中 墮雲霧中 duò yún wù zhōng lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom) / fig. at a complete loss
断线风筝 斷線風箏 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) syn
秤砣虽小压千斤 秤砣雖小壓千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
轶事遗闻 軼事遺聞 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
鱼沉雁杳 魚沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away) / to have lost contact
塞翁失马焉知非福 塞翁失馬焉知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
若有所失 ruò yǒu suǒ shī as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty syn
人事不知 rén shì bù zhī to have lost consciousness
北叟失马 北叟失馬 běi sǒu shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
惘然若失 wǎng rán ruò shī lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom) / fig. to be at a loss / perplexed / frustrated syn
鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
失蜡法 失蠟法 shī zhà fǎ lost-wax
乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
一着不慎，满盘皆输 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸 yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
亡佚 wáng yì nonextant / lost to the ages
去向不明 qù xiàng bù míng missing / lost
失单 失單 shī dān list of lost or stolen articles
失物认领 失物認領 shī wù rèn lǐng lost and found
失迷 shī mí to lose one's way / to get lost (on the road etc)
失道 shī dào (literary) to lose one's way / to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course
张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
彭养鸥 彭養鷗 péng yǎng ōu Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂
怔神儿 怔神兒 zhēng shén r lost in thought / in a daze
拾物 shí wù picked up items (i.e. lost property)
收复失地 收復失地 shōu fù shī dì to recover lost territory
散亡 sàn wáng dispersed and lost
无主失物 無主失物 wú zhǔ shī wù unclaimed lost property
父母双亡 父母雙亡 fù mǔ shuāng wáng to have lost both one's parents
兴尽 興盡 xìng jìn to have lost interest / to have had enough
认头 認頭 rèn tóu to admit defeat / to accept having lost
迷踪罗汉拳 迷蹤羅漢拳 mí zōng luó hàn quán Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
迷鸟 迷鳥 mí niǎo vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
追还 追還 zhuī huán to recover (lost property or money) / to win back
道不拾遗 道不拾遺 dào bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn
黑籍冤魂 hēi jí yuān hún Black Register of Lost Souls, long novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥 about the destructive influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909
寻获 尋獲 xún huò to find / to track down / to recover (sth lost)
第二次世界大战死难者悼念与和解日 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
失窃和遗失旅行证件 stolen and lost travel document
丧失岁数 喪失歲數 years of life lost
失物招领 失物招領 shī wù zhāo lǐng lost-and-found
绝门儿 絕門兒 jué mén r extinct profession / lost trade / unique skill / astonishing / fantastic
补卡 補卡 bǔ kǎ to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement
如堕五里雾中 如墮五里霧中 rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng as if lost in a thick fog (idiom) / in a fog / muddled / completely unfamiliar with sth syn
泯没 泯沒 mǐn mò to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish syn
脑子进水 腦子進水 nǎo zi jìn shuǐ to have lost one's mind / crazy / soft in the head
走丢 走丟 zǒu diū to wander off / to get lost
扳回一城 bān huí yī chéng to recover some lost ground (in a competition)
痴痴 chī chī foolish / stupid / lost in thought / in a daze
磨刀不误砍柴工 磨刀不誤砍柴工 mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
重光 chóng guāng to recover one's sight / (fig.) to recover (lost territories)
补办 補辦 bǔ bàn to do sth after the time it should have been done / to do sth to make up for not having done it before / to reapply for (a lost document, card etc)
补觉 補覺 bǔ jiào to make up for lost sleep
散佚 sàn yì to be scattered and lost
烂大街 爛大街 làn dà jiē (coll.) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now / to be nothing special anymore / to have lost its novelty
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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