| 大意失荆州 |
dà yi shī Jīng zhōu |
lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) / fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大意 |
dà yì |
general idea / main idea |
| 大意 |
dà yi |
careless |
| 意 |
yì |
(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense / (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利) |
| 失 |
shī |
to lose / to miss / to fail |
| 荆 |
Jīng |
an early name for the state of Chu 楚国 / surname Jing |
| 荆 |
jīng |
chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus) / (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment |
| 荆州 |
Jīng zhōu |
see 荆州市 / see 荆州区 |
| 州 |
zhōu |
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |