失利

shīlì

suffer a setback (or defeat)

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give ground; suffer a defeat

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give ground

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shī lì

n. failure, failing, fail, overshoot

shī lì

v. suffer defeat

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shi1 li4

to lose, to suffer defeat

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失利

shī lì

suffer a setback:

进攻失利 suffer a setback in attack;

军事上的失利 military reverses;

战斗失利 take it on the chin;

在选举中失利 fall by the wayside on the election day;

把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。 Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.

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失利|失利 [shī lì] ► to lose ► to suffer defeat