失格

shīgé

verb

Meanings

1 to be disqualified
2 to lose qualification
3 to lose face; to be unbecoming

Characters

standard; qualification

Examples

这位选手因兴奋剂检测阳性而被失格。

Zhè wèi xuǎnshǒu yīn xīngfènjì jiǎncè yángxìng ér bèi shīgé.

This athlete was disqualified because of a positive doping test.

作为老师这样发火实在失格。

Zuòwéi lǎoshī zhèyàng fāhuǒ shízài shīgé.

Losing your temper like that is unbecoming for a teacher.

比赛中他因犯规两次被判失格。

Bǐsài zhōng tā yīn fànguī liǎng cì bèi pàn shīgé.

He was disqualified mid-match after fouling twice.

Tips

usage

Two senses: in sports/contests it means 'disqualified'; in a moral sense it means 'falling short of what your role demands.' Context picks the reading.

In Pop Culture

人间失格 Rénjiān Shīgé

No Longer Human

Chinese title of Osamu Dazai's 1948 novel 人間失格. The Japanese title literally reads 'disqualified as a human,' and 人间失格 is now a common Chinese phrase for total alienation.

Stroke Order

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