失落感 (shī luò gǎn) — sense of loss, feeling of being lost or let down

Definition

失落感 is the noun for the emotional state — 'a sense of loss', something absent or gone that you feel the lack of.

noun

sense of loss, feeling of being lost or let down

Examples

，失落感。
Bì yè yǐ hòu, tā zǒng yǒu yì zhǒng shī luò gǎn.
After graduation, he always has a sense of loss.
，失落感。
Bān dào xīn chéng shì hòu, tā de shī luò gǎn yuè lái yuè qiáng.
After moving to a new city, her sense of loss grew stronger.
，失落感。
Lí hūn hòu, tā nèi xīn chōng mǎn le shī luò gǎn.
After the divorce, his heart was filled with a sense of loss.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

失落loss

失shīlose落luòfall

联合Side by side

感gǎnfeeling

失落 pictures loss or falling away, and 感 is a feeling, so 失落感 names a sense of loss.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

手手shǒu
乙乙yǐ

The shape is explained as a fallen person's footprint surrounded by drops of blood; another reading pairs 手 (hand) and 乙 to show something falling from a hand.

Open 失 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

艹洛落

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

洛

洛luò落luò

Same sound today

落 pairs 艹 with 洛; 洛 gives the sound, and 艹 relates to the meaning.

Open 落 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.