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HSK
5

to lose

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

diu1 diū

Meaning


Primary

to lose

Alternatives

lose, lost, losing, loses

Mnemonic


[di-] Diddy Kong is in [1] front of the [-(o)u] bakery where he has a 千 thousand 厶 elbow shaped coins in his red hat. He needs them to buy some pastries. Right before he enters the bakery he trips on a banana peel (his own) and 丢 loses possession of the 千 thousand 厶 elbows he had! They all fall on the 一 ground of the sidewalk in front of the bakery. Diddy then runs around picking up the 千 thousand 厶 elbows counting as he goes to make sure he didn't 丢 lose any of them.

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