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HSK 7-9
流失
流
失
liú
shī
HSK 7–9
word #15,501
verb
(of soil etc) to wash away
to be eroded
(fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere
to fail to be retained
Related words
一去不复返
yī qù bù fù fǎn
gone forever
下落不明
xià luò bù míng
unaccounted
不知去向
bù zhī qù xiàng
whereabouts unknown
不翼而飞
bù yì ér fēi
to disappear without trace
亡
wáng
to die
化为乌有
huà wéi wū yǒu
(idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish
售完
shòu wán
to sell out
失传
shī chuán
(of skills etc) to die out
Appears in
人才流失
rén cái liú shī
brain drain
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