大意失荆州 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 大意失荊州 dàyishījīngzhōu ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄧ ㄕ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄡ lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence Character by character 大(dà)big 意(yi)idea 失(shī)lose 荆(jīng)chaste tree or its berry 州(zhōu)prefecture Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0