损 sǔn

diminish; impair; injure

HSK 5 #911

DEFINITIONS

  • diminish
  • impair
  • injure
  • to decrease
  • to lose
  • to damage
  • to harm
  • (coll.) to speak sarcastically
  • to deride
  • caustic
  • mean
  • one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)

STROKES

WORDS

嘴损 zuǐ sǔn (dialect) sharp-tongued; harsh
基底神经节孙损伤 jī dǐ shén jīng jié sūn sǔn shāng basal ganglia lesions
恶损 è sǔn to ridicule
损人 sǔn rén to harm others; to mock people; to taunt; humiliating
损人不利己 sǔn rén bù lì jǐ to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
损公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense; venal and selfish behavior
损友 sǔn yǒu bad friend
损益 sǔn yì profit and loss; increase and decrease
损益表 sǔn yì biǎo income statement (US); profit and loss account (UK)
损税 sǔn shuì crippling taxation
损耗品 sǔn hào pǐn consumables
损赠 sǔn zèng to donate; donation
㧑损 huī sǔn to humble
易损性 yì sǔn xìng vulnerability
有损压缩 yǒu sǔn yā suō (computing) lossy compression
欲益反损 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster; It all ends in tears.
止损点 zhǐ sǔn diǎn stop-loss point, a point at which you make a small loss to limit your losses
污损 wū sǔn to contaminate
海损 hǎi sǔn damage to goods during shipping
减损 jiǎn sǔn to impair; to degrade; to decrease; to reduce; to weaken; to detract from; impairment (e.g. of financial assets)
满招损，谦受益 mǎn zhāo sǔn ， qiān shòu yì (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit; pride comes before a fall
环境损害 huán jìng sǔn hài environmental damage
皮层性视损伤 pí céng xìng shì sǔn shāng cortical visual impairment (CVI)
碰损 pèng sǔn bruising (damage to soft fruit etc)
磨损率 mó sǔn lǜ attrition rate
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