流
失

(of soil etc) to wash away in Chinese: 流失 (liú shī)

liú shī

(of soil etc) to wash away

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of soil etc) to wash away
  2. 2to be eroded
  3. 3(fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere
  4. 4to fail to be retained

Stroke order

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流
失

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄕ

shī

ㄕ/ sh—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 流失 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 山上的树被砍光后，水土流失很严重。

    shān shàng de shù bèi kǎn guāng hòu， shuǐ tǔ liú shī hěn yán zhòng。

    After the mountain's trees were cut down, soil erosion became severe.

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Related words

流

liú

to flow

交流

jiāo liú

to exchange

流泪

liú lèi

to shed tears

流利

liú lì

fluent

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

失败

shī bài

to be defeated

失望

shī wàng

disappointed

流传

liú chuán

to spread

轮流

lún liú

to alternate

失眠

shī mián

to suffer from insomnia

失去

shī qù

to lose

失业

shī yè

unemployment

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