失败 失敗 shī bài to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4] syn 故障 gù zhàng malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software) 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 衰竭 shuāi jié organ failure / exhaustion / prostration (medicine) syn 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 挫败 挫敗 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat syn 一事无成 一事無成 yī shì wú chéng to have achieved nothing / to be a total failure / to get nowhere syn 死心 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about 成败 成敗 chéng bài success or failure syn 重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake syn 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing / failure to do one's duty syn 得失 dé shī gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits syn 间隙 間隙 jiàn xì interval / gap / clearance syn 覆辙 覆轍 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past syn 心力衰竭 xīn lì shuāi jié heart failure 功败垂成 功敗垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory syn 排雷 pái léi (military) to clear mines / mine clearance syn 滥伐 濫伐 làn fá to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance syn 决胜负 決勝負 jué shèng fù to determine success or failure 失败率 失敗率 failure rate 吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through syn 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 马失前蹄 馬失前蹄 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness syn 倒栽葱 倒栽蔥 dào zāi cōng to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure 三七开 三七開 sān qī kāi ratio seventy to thirty / thirty percent failure, seventy percent success 失迎 shī yíng failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally syn 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 铩羽而归 鎩羽而歸 shā yǔ ér guī (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions 报忧 報憂 bào yōu to report bad news / to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster 坐观成败 坐觀成敗 zuò guān chéng bài to sit and await success or failure (idiom) / to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence syn 成败利钝 成敗利鈍 chéng bài lì dùn succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom) / advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some. syn 成败得失 成敗得失 chéng bài dé shī lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors 成败论人 成敗論人 chéng bài lùn rén to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom) 漏排比率 clearance failure ratio / clearance-to-failure ratio / proof factor 验证因子 驗證因子 clearance failure ratio / clearance-to-failure ratio / proof factor 阴沟里翻船 陰溝裡翻船 yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected) 清理战斗地区 清理戰鬥地區 battle area clearance / area clearance 排雷后检查 排雷後檢查 post-clearance inspection / post-clearance sampling 清雷速度 clearance speed / rate of progress / speed of clearance 清雷进度 清雷進度 clearance speed / rate of progress / speed of clearance 规定排雷深度 規定排雷深度 specified depth of clearance / clearance depth 机械排雷 機械排雷 mechanical mine clearance / mechanized clearance 扫雷队 掃雷隊 clearance team / mine-clearance team 抗排雷装置 抗排雷裝置 anti-clearance device / anti-clearance fuse 爆破排雷法 explosive mine clearance / explosive clearance 手工排雷 manual mine clearance / hand clearance 失败是成功之母 失敗是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success. 三七开定论 三七開定論 sān qī kāi dìng lùn thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong 以失败而告终 以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback 前车之覆，后车之鉴 前車之覆，後車之鑒 qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom) / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy 失仪 失儀 shī yí discourteous / failure of etiquette 失责 失責 shī zé breach of responsibility / failure to carry out one's duty 后车之鉴 後車之鑒 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom) / don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy syn 彻底失败 徹底失敗 chè dǐ shī bài utter failure 成也萧何，败也萧何 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1] / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor 绝产 絕產 jué chǎn crop failure / property left with no-one to inherit / sterilization 不遵守 bù zūn shǒu failure to comply 玩完 wán wán (coll.) to end in failure / to come to grief / to bite the dust 知情不报 zhī qíng bù bào failure to report 作物歉收 zuò wù qiàn shōu crop failure 未爆率 failure rate 失效率 failure rate 计算机系统故障 計算机系統故障 jì suàn jī xì tǒng gù zhàng computer system failure 导爆索故障 導爆索故障 detonating cord failure 故障间隔平均时间 故障間隔平均時間 mean time between failure 吹台 吹臺 chuī tái (coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up 杠龟 槓龜 gàng guī (Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling) / to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku]) 无疾而终 無疾而終 wú jí ér zhōng to die peacefully / (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference) / to come to nothing / to fizzle out 失婚 shī hūn to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement) 无颜见江东父老 無顏見江東父老 wú yán jiàn jiāng dōng fù lǎo (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat) 单点故障 單點故障 dān diǎn gù zhàng single point of failure 跟斗 gēn dou somersault / fall / tumble / (fig.) setback / failure syn 一事无成 一事無成 yī shì - wú chéng (idiom) to have achieved nothing / to be a total failure / to get nowhere syn 清关 清關 qīng guān customs clearance 扫雷模式 mine-clearance pattern 国家排雷委员会 National Mine Clearance Commission 清雷核查 mine verification / verification of clearance 接触机密文件的许可 security clearance 道路排雷 road clearance 国际排雷会议 International Meeting on Mine Clearance 扫雷训练股 Mine-Clearance Training Unit 排雷和政策股 Mine Clearance and Policy Unit 中美洲排雷援助方桉 中美洲排雷援助方案 Central American Mine-Clearance Assistance Programme 国际排雷技术会议 International Conference on Mine-Clearance Technology 皆伐森林 jiē fá sēn lín forest clearing / forest clearance 建筑物排雷 building clearance 行政核准和背景调查股 行政核準和背景調查股 Administrative Clearance and Reference Unit 排雷政策小组 排雷政策小組 Mine Clearance Policy Group 综合安全审查和追踪系统 綜合安全審查和追蹤系統 integrated security clearance and tracking system 扫雷训练 掃雷訓練 mine-clearance training 扫雷方桉 掃雷方案 Mine-Clearance Programme 扫雷训练中心 掃雷訓練中心 Mine-Clearance Training Centre 国际公路车辆货物运输的海关结关公约 國際公路車輛貨物運輸的海關結關公約 Convention concerning customs clearance of international goods traffic with road vehicles 直线排雷法 直線排雷法 linear clearance method / linear method 直线法 直線法 zhí xiàn fǎ linear clearance method / linear method 矩形排雷法 box clearance method / box method / box pattern 