diū

to lose

to put aside; to throw

jade (王) + self (厶) = throw away what is precious

The image is of someone carelessly tossing aside even something as valuable as jade. That sense of reckless discarding covers all three meanings: to lose, to put aside, to throw.

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Jade (variant of 玉)Semantic

我把钥匙了,进不了家门。

wǒ bǎ yào shi diū le, jìn bu liǎo jiā mén。

I lost my keys and can't get into the house.

他把旧东西都到垃圾桶里了。

tā bǎ jiù dōng xi dōu diū dào lā jī tǒng lǐ le。

He threw all the old things into the trash can.

Words with 丢

酸不溜丢

suān bu liū diū

sour

一丢丢

yī diū diū

(coll.) a tiny bit

丢下

diū xià

to abandon

丢丑

diū chǒu

to lose face

丢人

diū rén

to lose face

丢三落四

diū sān là sì

forgetful

丢人现眼

diū rén xiàn yǎn

to make an exhibition of oneself

丢份子

diū fèn zi

(coll.) to lose face; to be disgraced

丢到家

diū dào jiā

to lose (face) utterly

丢包

diū bāo

(computing) packet loss

丢命

diū mìng

to die

丢失

diū shī

to lose; to misplace

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