brain drain / outflow of talent
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lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes
see 人財兩空|人财两空[]
to end in failure
flustered / ruffled / disconcerted
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
bold / forthright
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human
semi-employed / partly employed / underemployed
primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia)
bereavement
to laugh involuntarily / Taiwan pr. []
to be used up / to be exhausted
(idiom) out of one's senses / shaken to the core / dazed
collision in which only one party is at fault
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
to let sth slip by / to miss an opportunity
to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance
to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom) / to lose the chance
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) / fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence
to turn pale with fright (idiom)
see 天網恢恢，疏而不漏|天网恢恢，疏而不漏[]
to seem as if something is amiss (idiom)
(of complexion) to lose one's color / to blanch / to look wan
urinary incontinence
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
mistake / slip-up
old and in a state of disrepair (idiom) / dilapidated
panic-stricken (idiom) / to be in a flustered state / also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[]
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
arrhythmia
rushed work leads to errors (idiom)
psychosis
to worry about personal gains and losses
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27