Hack Chinese™ Official

失

败

to be defeated

to lose

to fail (e.g. experiments)

failure

defeat

不怕失败才有机会成功。

You can only succeed if you're not afraid to fail.

虽然他在这场比赛失败了，但是他仍然保持乐观的态度。

Although he lost the match, he still maintained an optimistic attitude.

听说他求婚失败了。

I heard his proposal failed.

我本来以为我会得到这个工作，但是没想到我失败了。

I originally thought that I would get this job, but didn't expect that I failed.

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