失手
sat1 sau2shī shǒu
English
- a slip
- (verb) Make a mistake
- to fail to accomplish something unexpectedly
- miscalculation
- unwise move
- accidentally
- by mistake
- to lose control
- to be defeated
粵語 — Cantonese
- 出乎意料噉失敗咗;冇平時發揮得咁好,結果衰咗
Examples
佢平時都做得幾好𠺝,今次應該係失手嘅啫。
He usually works quite well. He just unexpectedly failed to do well this time.
湯姆從不失手。
Tom never strikes out.
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Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk