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大意失荆州

dà yi shī Jīng zhōu

5-character word Traditional 大意失荊州

What 大意失荆州 means

1. lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom)
2. fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence

The characters in 大意失荆州

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 州zhōuprefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division