to be defeated · to lose · to fail (e.g. experiments) · failure · defeat · CL:次 cì

shī bài

sh+ī·1st toneb+ài·4th tone

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You should acknowledge your failure.

你应该承认自己的失败。

You must learn from mistakes.

你必须从失败中吸取教训。

He failed in his attempt to swim across the river.

他试图游过河，但是失败了。

He is to blame for the failure.

失败的责任在他。

But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

人不是为失败而生的, 一个人可以被毁灭, 但不能给打败。

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