dà yi shī Jīng zhōu

Traditional: 大意失荊州

大意失荆州 (dà yi shī Jīng zhōu) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom); fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence

Characters in 大意失荆州

大dà · big; large; great意yì · (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense失shī · to lose荆jīng · chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)州zhōu · prefecture

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]意思idea大家everyone愿意to wish注意to take note of; to pay attention to失去to lose主意plan同意to agree不好意思to feel embarrassed大概roughly大学university

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