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夫倡婦隨fu1 coeng3 fu5 ceoi4husband promotes, wife follows, it means husband is supported by the wife夫君fu1 gwan1husband夭心夭肺jiu1 sam1 jiu1 fai3being upset because of words said by others, or things done by others夭桃穠李jiu1 tou4 nung4 lei5nice young ladies are like beautiful peaches and plum blossoms失勢sat1 sai3Losing power and influence, losing advantage失匙夾萬sat1 si4 gaap3 maan6describes the situation where a son ; daughter in a rich family is having difficulty in getting money from his; her parents (who are strict in financial); literally "a safe with no key"失失慌sat1 sat1 fong1feeling scared, fear or panic失威sat1 wai1the situation of losing 'face' or dignity in front of others失婚sat1 fan1Divorced失守sat1 sau2loss of control or commanding rights; fall into enemy hands失實sat1 sat6adj.; inconsistent with the facts, an inaccurate report, statement, description, etc失德sat1 dak1Misconduct失憶sat1 jik1Amnesia失打sat1 daa2noun; homophone for camera shutter失拖sat1 to1noun; lovelorn, breakup失敗乃成功之母sat1 baai6 naai5 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5proverb: Failure is the mother of success; Failure teaches success.失敬sat1 ging3Apologized to the other, blame yourself for being impolite失物sat1 mat6noun; lost article; lost property失眠症sat1 min4 zing3Insomnia失禮人sat1 lai5 jan4to be a disgrace in front of others; to lose face in front of others失禮sat1 lai5(verb) lose face失禮死人sat1 lai5 sei2 jan4noun; breach of etiquette, impolite or feel embarrassed, humiliated失落感sat1 lok6 gam2feeling of emptiness, alienation失諸交臂sat1 zyu1 gaau1 bei3chances slip through the fingers失蹄sat1 tai4to stumble (horse); ['making an unexpected failure or mistake' when use in the phrase '人有失足,馬有失蹄']失運sat1 wan6adj; unlucky, bad luck失陷sat1 haam6verb; a city captured during wartime; to be held captive失驚無神sat1 geng1 mou4 san4(a phrase) all of a sudden; (adverb) suddenly; precipitously失魂魚sat1 wan4 jyu2(slang) to describe someone is who is absentminded, scatterbrained and lost in thought; an inattentive person夾份gaap3 fan2to share the expenses for something; to partner up ; chip in to do something together (such as setting up a business)夾口供gaap3 hau2 gung1to compose the confession; testimony with someone, to make sure two people both say the same things夾埋gaap3 maai4together with; along with (spoken)