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失手

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

Characters and words in 失手

失
shī = sh + Ø1
to lose / to miss / to fail
Add a new mnemonic for 失 = 𠂉 + 大
Add a new mnemonic for 失 = 丿 + 夫
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]
Add a new mnemonic for 手 = 丿 + 二 + 亅

Words with 失手

人有失手，馬有失蹄 人有失手，马有失蹄
人
人
有
有
失
失
手
手
，
，
,
马
馬
有
有
失
失
蹄
蹄
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes

Sentences with 失手

失手 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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