FAIL  失敗失

TRY to ACHIEVE something BUT NOT SUCCEED.
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Antonym
  • ACHIEVECOMPLETE a DIFFICULT ACT.
    • DEFEATWIN against someone USING VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION, OFTEN USING MILITARY FORCE.
      • SUCCEEDACHIEVE an IMPORTANT AIM with DIFFICULTY.
        • WINSUCCEED IN FIGHT OR COMPETITION.
          Hypernym
          • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING.
            • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
              • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
                • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
          Hyponym
          • IN VAIN　FAILING to ACHIEVE any AIMS.
            Old Chinese Criteria
            1. The current general word for failure is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get somewhere").

            2. Qióng 窮 (ant. dá 達 "successful") refers to getting into an impasse, a situation from which there is no way out, or being hopelessly unsuccessful with what one is trying to do.

            3. Bài 敗 (ant. chéng 成 "achieve one's purpose") construes failure as a defeat in some personal or social undertaking or campaign.

            4. Bēng 崩 construes a failure as a momentous disaster.

            5. Fù 負 refers specifically to a defeat versus a victory.

            Modern Chinese Criteria
            失敗

            不成功

            羶衄湛傖

            祥摯跡

            虧負

            落空

            衰退 links failure to decline.

            垮

            挫折

            失利

            失效 is to fail so as to lose effectiveness.

            不遂 refers to something coming to nothing in the end.

            多

            磕碰兒

            戰敗

            失敗

            打敗

            敗衄

            敗陣

            敗北

            反北

            敗績

            失利

            潰敗

            潰退

            敗

            負

            輸

            北

            慘敗

            大敗

            一敗如水

            一敗塗地

            大敗虧輸

            損兵折將

            棄甲曳兵

            丟盔棄甲

            人仰馬翻

            頭破血流

            潰不成軍

            轍亂旗靡

            望風披靡

            落花流水

            兵敗如山倒

            rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

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            • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 176

            • Tolkovo-kombinatornyj slovar' sovremmenogo russkogo jazyka. Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary of Modern Russian ( Mel'cuk 1984) p. 634

            • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 204

            • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no.62

            • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 60B

            Attributions by syntactic funtion

            • vi : 33
            • vtoN : 21
            • nab : 21
            • VPt V[0] : 10
            • VPi : 8
            • vt+V[0] : 3
            • vt[oN] : 2
            • vadN : 2
            • VP[adN] : 1
            • vtoNab : 1
            • vtoN : 1
            • NPab{vt{NEG}+V(.adN)} : 1
            • VPt(+V[0]) : 1

            Attributions by text

            • 荀子 : 19
            • 韓非子 : 17
            • 說苑 : 13
            • 春秋左傳 : 10
            • 淮南子 : 10
            • 搜神記 : 5
            • 莊子 : 5
            • 阮籍集四卷 : 3
            • 戰國策 : 2
            • 孫子 : 2
            • 論語 : 2
            • 呂氏春秋 : 2
            • 論衡 : 2
            • 孟子 : 2
            • 韓詩外傳 : 2
            • 史記 : 1
            • 尹文子 : 1
            • 太平經 : 1
            • 禮記 : 1
            • 管子 : 1
            • 孝經 : 1
            • 毛詩 : 1
            • 新論-漢-桓譚 : 1
            • 古列女傳 : 1

            Words

            失  shī OC: lʰiɡ MC: ɕit 31 AttributionsWD

            The current general word for failure is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get somewhere").

              Syntactic words
            • nabeventfailure; real loss
            • vichangeget things wrong that one is trying to get right; miss one's target; go astray
            • vt+V[0]fail to (continue to or get to) V
            • vt[oN]processget things wrong.CH
            • vtoNmiss out on N; fail to get N; get (something) wrong; fail in the matter of N; fall foul of; remain ignorant of
            • vtoNfail to become an NCH
            • vtoNmiddle voicebe wrong; be completely astrayDS
            窮  qióng OC: ɡʷɯŋ MC: guŋ 17 AttributionsWD

            Qióng 窮 (ant. dá 達 "successful") refers to getting into an impasse, a situation from which there is no way out, or being hopelessly unsuccessful with what one is trying to do.

              Syntactic words
            • nabeventfailure
            • vadNprone to failure, unsuccessful
            • viprocessfail to win through; fail to achieve one's end
            • vistatebe unsuccessfulLZ
            敗  bài OC: braads MC: bɣɛi 15 AttributionsWD

            Bài 敗 (ant. chéng 成 "achieve one's purpose") construes failure as a defeat in some personal or social undertaking or campaign.

              Syntactic words
            • nabeventfailure
            • vadNfaling, unsuccessfulCH
            • vieventfail; come to fail in one's undertakings
            • visubject=vehiclebreak down (vehicle etc)CH
            • vtoNcausativecause (one's own army) to fail; cause the failure of (a plan or a strategy)
            • vtoNpassivebe made to fail, be ruined, be brought to a bad endCH
            不能  bù néng OC: pɯʔ nɯɯŋ MC: pi̯ut nəŋ 11 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPt(+V[0])fail to (do a contextually determinate thing)
            • VPt+V[0]fail to VDS
            匱  guì OC: ɡruds MC: gi 8 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vifail, suffer failures; be a failure; fail to do what one should do
            • vtoNfail when it comes to, fail to do one's duty with respect to
            無功  wú gōng OC: ma kooŋ MC: mi̯o kuŋ 6 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VP[adN]N=actfailure to perform meritorious actCH
            • VPiactfail in one's undertaking; be unsuccessful
            乏  fá OC: bob MC: bi̯ɐp 5 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • viactfail to deliver what is expected
            • vtoNfail in, be wanting when it comes to; fail to do one's duty with respect to
            • vtoNcausativecause N to fail to do what he sets out to doCH
            負  fù OC: bɯʔ MC: bɨu 4 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • nabeventdefeat
            • v[adN]nonreferentialperson who fails; loser
            • vieventlose
            廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 1 AttributionWD

              Word relations
            • Ant: 成/SUCCEED
            • Ant: 盛/FLOURISH The current general word for flourishing or thriving of any kind, abstract or concrete is shèng 盛 (ant. shuāi 衰 "decline").
            • Ant: 成/SUCCEED
            • Contrast: 衰/DECLINE
            • Synon: 失/FAIL The current general word for failure is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get somewhere").
            • Synon: 敗/FAIL Bài 敗 (ant. chéng 成 "achieve one's purpose") construes failure as a defeat in some personal or social undertaking or campaign.

              Syntactic words
            • vt+V[0]fail to (do what one is expected to do)VK
            霣  yǔn OC: ɢunʔ MC: ɦin 1 AttributionWD

            fail in one's duty

              Syntactic words
            • viactfail; be remiss
            不遇  bù yù OC: pɯʔ ŋos MC: pi̯ut ŋi̯o 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPab{vt{NEG}+V(.adN)}processlack of good fortune
            無所  wú suǒ OC: ma sqraʔ MC: mi̯o ʂi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPifail to achieve one's aims
            病  bìng MC: bjaengH OC: bɢraŋsCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vtoNabhave serious trouble with NPab-ingCH
            不得問  bù dé wèn MC: pjut tok mjunH OC: pɯʔ tɯɯɡ mɯnsCH 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPifail to get an answer to one's question(s)CH
            遂  suì MC: zwijH OC: sɢludsLZ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • viperfective= zhui4 墜, failLZ
            不得  bù dé MC: pjut tok OC: pɯʔ tɯɯɡDS 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPibe bound to failure; be unsuccessful DS
            崩  bēng OC: pɯɯŋ MC: pəŋ 0 AttributionsWD

            Bēng 崩 construes a failure as a momentous disaster.

              Syntactic words
            • vichangecollapse > be toppled, fail politically
            仆廢  pū, bó fèi OC: bɯɯɡ pods MC: bək pi̯ɐi 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • VPiresultativestumble and fail

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