粵

失sat1學hok6

simp失学
sat1 hok6shī xué

English

  1. unable to go to school
  2. an interruption to one's education
  3. deprived of education; obliged to discontinue one's studies

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 無讀書機會

Examples

  • 如我们所见,我们这边地区的学校失学率很高。 另一方面,我想补充说一点,今年学校预算减少了。

    As we can see, the number of those dropping out of school in our area is very high. That said, I'd like to add that the school budget was cut this year.

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  • 喺中國農村,有好多細路失學。

    In countrysides in China, many children do not have the oppotunity to go to school.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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