流失

Traditional form:

流失

Pinyin (reading):

liúshī

Definitions:

• (of soil etc) to wash away
• to be eroded
• (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere
• to fail to be retained

Characters:

• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

Traditional characters:

• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect