to lose (one's bearings) in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 迷失 with this easy mnemonic:

I'm feeling bewildered (迷) and lost (失) after losing my sole purpose and direction in life.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 迷
• 失

• 损失
• 失业
• 着迷
• 迷路
• 失败者
• 失踪
• 失去
• 迷人
• 失败
• 失陪
• 迷失
• 消失
• 失控
• 失望
• 昏迷

The reading of 迷失 is mí shī.

You can remember how to say 迷失 with this useful mnemonic:

Losing my purpose in life means (mí) that I don't even have the willpower anymore to get out from under my bed sheets (shī).

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like to lose (one's bearings) and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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