損 sǔn

diminish; impair; injure

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 (䷨)

WORDS

舊損 jiù sǔn old and damaged; in disrepair
虛損 xū sǔn (TCM) consumptive disease, chronic deficiency disorder due to impaired function of inner organs, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang; asthenia
虧損 kuī sǔn deficit; (financial) loss
視損傷 shì sǔn shāng visual impairment
貶損 biǎn sǔn to mock; to disparage; to belittle
跌打損傷 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
遲發性損傷 chí fā xìng sǔn shāng delayed lesion
防損 fáng sǔn loss prevention
附帶損害 fù dài sǔn hài collateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism)
蒙受損失 méng shòu sǔn shī to suffer losses; to bear losses; to incur damages
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