失落 (shī luò) — to lose (sth), to drop (sth); to feel a sense o…

Definition

失落 covers both 'to lose (a thing)' and the resulting 'lost, forlorn' feeling. As a feeling, it's deeper and more lingering than 失望 ('disappointed, lost hope'). 丢失 is the everyday verb for misplacing an object.

to lose (sth)to drop (sth)to feel a sense of lossfrustrateddisappointed

Examples

失落。
Wǒ zuó tiān shī luò le yì tiáo hěn guì zhòng de xiàng liàn.
Yesterday I lost a very valuable necklace.
失落。
Zhè cì jī huì de cuò shī ràng tā shí fēn shī luò.
Missing this opportunity made her feel a great sense of loss.
，失落。
Lí kāi jiā xiāng hòu, tā xīn lǐ zǒng yǒu yì zhǒng shī luò de gǎn jué.
After leaving his hometown, he always has a feeling of loss.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

失shīlose

落luòdrop

失 and 落 both evoke losing or dropping, giving a sense of loss or disappointment.

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.

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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.

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