lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom); fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence
trad. 大意失荊州
Also written 大意失荊州【dà yi shī Jīng zhōu】
Characters in this word
5大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
意
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(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense, (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind, (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- Pinyin
- yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 8987 of 2500
失
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to lose, to miss, to fail
- Pinyin
- shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 7657 of 2500
荆
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an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2], surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jīng
- Traditional
- 荊
- Strokes
- 9
州
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prefecture, (old) province, (old) administrative division, state (e.g. of US), oblast (Russia), canton (Switzerland)
- Pinyin
- zhōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2820 of 2500