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HSK
4

to fail

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

bai4 bài

Meaning


Primary

to fail

Alternatives

fail, failed, fails, failing, to defeat, defeat

Mnemonic


[b-] Bart is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ai] high school where he is flushing 貝 shellfish down the toilets, clogging each of them. Before he can make his escape, the 攵 foreman comes in, blocking the way. "You will 敗 fail to get away this time" the foreman yells, and chases him around the bathroom, but 敗 fails to catch Bart.

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