失sat1事si6

English

1. (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
2. to mess things up
3. (of accidents) to happenunreviewed?
4. to cause delay in work or business, or bungle mattersunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 發生意外unreviewed?
2. 誤事、耽誤unreviewed?

Examples

• 這次飛機失事造成 200 人死亡。

  The plane accident cost the lives of 200 people.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• unreviewed?

  飛機失事

  aviation accident

• unreviewed?

  廢時失事

  to waste time and result in no progress

• unreviewed?

  不過以後飲酒要適可而止，過多只會失事！

  But you must be more moderate in your drinking. Too much wine can easily lead to serious trouble!