What does 失败 mean in Chinese?

失败 (shī bài) means "to fail; failure" in Chinese.

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Q: How do you use 失败 in a sentence?

失败是成功之母。 (Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.) — Failure is the mother of success.

Pinyin: shī bài

to fail; failure

🏮 Chinese HSK 4 🤝 Work, Study & Feelings

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失败是成功之母。

Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.

Failure is the mother of success.

What 失败 means

失败 (shī bài) is a Chinese word meaning “to fail; failure”. It belongs to the Work, Study & Feelings topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 4

误会 wù huì misunderstanding 吸引 xī yǐn to attract 羡慕 xiàn mù to envy 信任 xìn rèn to trust 宣布 xuān bù to announce 养成 yǎng chéng to cultivate (a habit) 预习 yù xí to preview (lessons) 原谅 yuán liàng to forgive 允许 yǔn xǔ to allow 在乎 zài hu to care about 赞成 zàn chéng to approve 增加 zēng jiā to increase

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