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失語

简失语 · 繁失語

Mandarin · pinyin shī yǔ

to let slip
loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage); aphasia

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失: shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
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语: yǔ · language, words; saying, expression

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1–3 · shi1 yu3

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verb

(formal, pathology) to experience a partial or total loss of language skills
(literary) to say something wrong; to misspeak

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