过失 (guòshī) means Mistake. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他主动承认了自己的 过失 。
Tā zhǔdòng chéngrèn le zìjǐ de guòshī.
He admitted his own fault of his own accord.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过失
这次事故是由操作 过失 造成的。
Zhè cì shìgù shì yóu cāozuò guòshī zàochéng de.
This accident was caused by an operating error.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过失
他请求对方饶恕自己的 过失 。
Tā qǐngqiú duìfāng ráoshù zìjǐ de guòshī.
He begged the other party to forgive his fault.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饶恕
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How is 过失 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 过失 (guòshī, "Mistake"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 过失 an HSK word?
Yes — 过失 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 过失?
The dictionary page for 过失 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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