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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
失手 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
失手 =
ㄕ ㄕㄡˇ · shīshǒu
verb — to lose one's grip; to do harm by accident

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to lose; to slip (失誤)shī
a hand (手)shǒu
失手,失去的失,手的手。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

杯子在指間一鬆(),)一空,已經摔了。
The cup slips loose between the fingers (失), the hand (手) comes up empty — already it has fallen.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
shīwùa slip-up — the same déshǒuto pull it off — the hand succeeding instead