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(slang) (loanword) loser · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 魯蛇; on the Mainland it is 失败者 - both point at “(slang) (loanword) loser”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 魯蛇、失敗者 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 魯蛇 | 失败者 |
| Reading | ㄌㄨˇ ㄕㄜˊ lǔ shé | shī bài zhě ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄜˇ |
| Senses | (Tw) (slang) (loanword) loser | loser |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 魯蛇 · 失敗者 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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