丢 diū
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 王 king, ruler 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
丢三落四
diūsānlàsì
forgetful; careless about details
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
四 sì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他总是丢三落四，出门前都要检查好几遍。 Tā zǒngshì diūsān làsì, chūmén qián dōu yào jiǎnchá hǎo jǐ biàn. He is always forgetful, so he has to check several times before leaving the house.
- 奶奶年纪大了，做事常常丢三落四。 Nǎinai niánjì dà le, zuòshì chángcháng diūsān làsì. Grandma is getting old and often forgets things.
- 你这样丢三落四的，怎么能当好班长呢？ Nǐ zhèyàng diūsān làsì de, zěnme néng dāng hǎo bānzhǎng ne? Being this scatterbrained, how can you be a good class monitor?
Related words
- 丢 diū to lose; to throw away
- 丢脸 diūliǎn to lose face; disgraceful
- 丢弃 diūqì to discard; to throw away
- 丢人 diūrén to lose face; shameful
- 三 sān three
- 再三 zàisān again and again
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 举一反三 jǔyīfǎnsān to draw inferences from one example
- 三番五次 sānfānwǔcì repeatedly; again and again
- 三角 sānjiǎo triangle; triangular
- 三维 sānwéi three-dimensional
- 朝三暮四 zhāosānmùsì to be fickle; to change one's mind constantly