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失準

简失准 · 繁失準

Mandarin · pinyin shī zhǔn

not up to scratch; subpar; off; gone awry
(of an instrument) to be out of kilter
(of a forecast) to be off the mark

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失: shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
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准: zhǔn · approve, allow, permit; in accord

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1–3 · shi1 zhun3

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sat1 zeon2

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verb

(of an instrument etc.) to lose its accuracy; to be no longer accurate
to fail to show one's actual level

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