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失恃

shī shì

2-character word

What 失恃 means

1. to lose sb one relies upon
2. to lose one's mother

The characters in 失恃

• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Sounds the same

Read shī shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 失事(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident…
• 施事(linguistics) agent; doer
• 失势to lose power and influence