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失手
Mandarin · pinyin shī shǒu
Meanings
- a slip
- miscalculation
- unwise move
- accidentally
- by mistake
- to lose control
- to be defeated
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1–3 · shi1 shou3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sat1 sau2
Cantonese word readings for 失手. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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sat1 sau2
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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verb
- to lose control of one's hand and accidentally drop something
- (figurative) to slip; to miscalculate; to take an unwise move
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