失手

失

shi̅

手

shǒu

a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated

Characters and words in 失手

失

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

to lose / to miss / to fail

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Add a new mnemonic for 失 = 𠂉 + 大

失 = 𠂉 + 大 : Sherlock (sh) locked himself out of the space station (Ø1)! He lost (失) his key (𠂉)! After he was floating in front of the space station for an eternity, a robot (大) came by with a lost+found box (失) which contained his lost key.

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手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

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Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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