失效
失效 shī xiào ㄕ ㄒㄧㄠˋ sat1 haau6 HSK 7-9
- to fail
- to lose effectiveness
Stroke order
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
失
- 丢失丟失 diū shī ㄉㄧㄡ ㄕ diu1 sat1 to lose; to misplace
- 丧失喪失 sàng shī ㄙㄤˋ ㄕ song3 sat1 to lose
- 失事 shī shì ㄕ ㄕˋ sat1 si6 (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
- 失传失傳 shī chuán ㄕ ㄔㄨㄢˊ sat1 cyun4 (of skills etc) to die out
- 失利 shī lì ㄕ ㄌㄧˋ sat1 lei6 to lose
- 失去 shī qù ㄕ ㄑㄩˋ sat1 heoi3 to lose
效
- 效仿傚仿 xiào fǎng ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄤˇ see 仿傚|仿效[fang3 xiao4]
- 功效 gōng xiào ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ gung1 haau6 efficacy
- 奏效 zòu xiào ㄗㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ zau3 haau6 to show results; to be effective
- 成效 chéng xiào ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ sing4 haau6 effect
- 效力 xiào lì ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ haau6 lik6 effectiveness
- 效劳效勞 xiào láo ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄠˊ haau6 lou4 to serve (in some capacity)
Idioms with these characters
- 北叟失马北叟失馬 běi sǒu shī mǎ ㄅㄟˇ ㄙㄡˇ ㄕ ㄇㄚˇ bak1 sau2 sat1 maa5 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- 成败得失成敗得失 chéng bài dé shī ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄞˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄕ sing4 baai6 dak1 sat1 lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom)
- 惆怅若失惆悵若失 chóu chàng ruò shī ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄤˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕ cau4 coeng3 joek6 sat1 to feel despondent (idiom)
- 大惊失色大驚失色 dà jīng shī sè ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕ ㄙㄜˋ daai6 geng1 sat1 sik1 to turn pale with fright (idiom)
- 得不偿失得不償失 dé bù cháng shī ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄕ dak1 bat1 soeng4 sat1 the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
- 东施效颦東施效顰 Dōng Shī xiào pín ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
- 上行下效上行下傚 shàng xíng xià xiào ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ soeng6 hang4 haa6 haau6 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
- 行之有效 xíng zhī yǒu xiào ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ hang4 zi1 jau5 haau6 to be effective (idiom)
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˊ ji5 ging2 haau6 jau4 (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others