失败 shī bài to be defeatedto loseto fail (e.g. experiments)failuredefeatCL: 次 cì Example sentences 失败是成功之母。 shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ. Failure is the mother of success 虽然她努力工作，可是还是失败了。 suīrán tā nǔlì gōngzuò, kěshì háishi shībài le. Although she worked hard, she still failed