| shī | to lose/to miss/to fail |
| 失 | to lose to miss to fail |
| 失业 | unemployment |
| 失业人数 | unemployment; total unemployment; unempolyment |
| 失业保险 | insurance against suspension of work; unemployment insurance; jobless insurance; insurance for unemployment |
| 失业救济 | unemployment benefit; unemployment relief |
| 失业救济金 | dole; unemployment pension; donation benefit |
| 失业率 | unemployment rate |
| 失业的 | unemployed; on the beach; disemployed a; jobless; disemployed; lumpen; unwaged; employless; unemployment; be unemployed; be jobless |
| 失业者 | an unemployed person |
| 失业补助金 | unemployment subsidy |
| 失主 | owner of lost property |
| 失之东隅 | lose at sunrise |
| 失之东隅，收之桑榆 | to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts |
| 失之交臂 | to miss narrowly to let a great opportunity slip |
| 失之毫厘 | A miss is as good as a mile |
| 失之毫厘，差之千里 | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses |
| 失之毫厘，差以千里 | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses |
| 失之毫厘，谬之千里 | A small discrepancy leads to a great error. |
| 失之毫厘，谬以千里 | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses |
| 失乐园 | Paradise Lost |