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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
失望 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
失望 ＝ 失 ＋ 望
ㄕ ㄨㄤˋ · shīwàng
verb — to be disappointed, to lose hope; adj — disappointed

字源 FORM — what the parts do

失to lose (失去)shī
望hope, expectation (希望)wàng
失望，失去的失，希望的望。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

抬頭盼著的（望），落了空（失）。
The thing you looked up and hoped for (望) — gone (失).
記憶法
關 · Related
希望xīwàngthe same 望 — the hope itself絕望juéwànghope cut off entirely — one step further