HSK 6
Correct

失事

/ shīshì /
Strokes

Definition

(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)/to mess things up

Example

As a Verb

be wrecked; have an accident

1
bǎi
一百
duō
rén
zài
zhè
这次
fēi
飞机
shīshì
失事
zhōng
sàngshēng
丧生
  

More than 100 people were killed in the plane crash.

2
Lúnchuán
轮船
zài
fēizhōu
非洲
hǎiàn
海岸
shīshì
失事
le
  

The ship was wrecked off the coast of Africa.