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Chinese Vocabulary

失败

to fail

失败
shībài1st tone
Pinyin
shībài
Strokes
13
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 失败

失败 is written with 13 strokes (失: 5, 败: 8). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 3. Appears in both the warning he was given and the request he made.

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做汽车要花很多钱,而且很可能失败。

Making cars takes a great deal of money, and it could easily fail.

The Man Who Bought Volvo Just Handed His Carmaker to Someone Who Is Not Family

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