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carelessness

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

shu1hu1 shūhū

Meaning


Primary

carelessness

Alternatives

careless, negligence

Mnemonic


疏忽 Carelessness is when you 忽 neglect something because your thoughts directed towards it are very 疏 sparse.

Usage


我 因為 疏忽 忘了 鎖門。

Because of carelessness, I forgot to lock the door.

這個 意外 是 一時 的 疏忽。

This accident was caused by a moment of carelessness.

這次 的 錯誤 是 我 的 疏忽。

This mistake was my carelessness.

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