diū sān là sì
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  • derogforgetful; be scatterbrained; be always forgetting things because of carelessness or bad memory

    • tā lǎo shì zhè me diū sān là sì de

      老是这么丢三落四

      He's so scatterbrained.

    • tā diū sān là sì de xí guàn zhēn bù hǎo

      丢三落四习惯

      She has a bad habit of forgetting things.

    • tóng xué men yào gǎi diào diū sān là sì de huài xí guàn

      同学改掉丢三落四习惯

      The students should get rid of their bad habit of leaving things behind.

    • yī gè diū sān là sì de rén

      丢三落四

      a scatterbrain

Word usage

  • Note
    1."丢三落四" is different from "拖三落四". "丢三落四" describes sloppy work or poor memory and cares about one thing and loses the other; "拖三落四" describes delay in doing things. 2."落" cannot be pronounced as "luò" in "丢三落四". 3."丢三落四" cannot be written as "丢三拉四".