导爆索 導爆索 dǎo bào suǒ detonating cord 继爆管 繼爆管 jì bào guǎn detonating cord amplifier 导爆中继药柱 導爆中繼藥柱 detonating cord amplifier 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) 主导爆索 zhǔ dǎo bào suǒ main detonating line / main line 电线 電線 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1] syn 绳子 繩子 shéng zi cord / string / rope / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 线缆 線纜 xiàn lǎn cable / wire / cord (computer) 脊髓 jǐ suǐ spinal cord / medulla spinalis 延长线 延長線 yán cháng xiàn extension cord / extended line / powerstrip 脐带 臍帶 qí dài umbilical cord 细绳 細繩 xì shéng string / twine / cord 埋线 埋線 mái xiàn sunken cord (used in bookbinding) 帘布 簾布 lián bù cord fabric used in vehicle tires 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 绶 綬 shòu cord on a seal 缗 緡 mín cord / fishing-line / string of coins syn 绲 緄 gǔn cord / embroidered sash / to sew 纮 紘 hóng cord for hat / vast 鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs 綎 tīng silk braided cord 绹 綯 táo bind / cord / twist 纕 xiāng cord to hold up sleeves 縢 téng bind / cord / tie up 紘 hóng cord for hat / vast 縚 tāo braid / cord / sash 紾 zhěn crooked / obstinate / twist a cord 纆 mò bind / cord 綯 táo bind / cord / twist 七和弦 qī hé xián seventh (musical cord) 印纽 印紐 yìn niǔ decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord 印钮 印鈕 yìn niǔ decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord 印鼻 yìn bí decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord 神经索 神經索 shén jīng suǒ nerve cord 纵神经索 縱神經索 zòng shén jīng suǒ longitudinal nerve cord 脊髓炎 jǐ suǐ yán myelitis / inflammation of spinal cord 脐梗 臍梗 qí gěng umbilical cord 精索 jīng suǒ spermatic cord (anatomy) 尼龙索 尼龍索 ní lóng suǒ nylon cord 𬙊 纆 mò bind / cord 𬙋 纕 xiāng cord to hold up sleeves 坎炁 kǎn qì (TCM) umbilical cord (used as medicine) 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) 成败 成敗 chéng bài success or failure syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 得失 dé shī gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits syn 衰竭 shuāi jié organ failure / exhaustion / prostration (medicine) syn 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 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 挫败 挫敗 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat syn 渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing / failure to do one's duty 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 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty 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 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 决胜负 決勝負 jué shèng fù to determine success or 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 失败率 失敗率 failure rate 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 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest 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 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 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 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 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 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) 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 报忧 報憂 bào yōu to report bad news / to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster 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 漏排 clearance failure 清雷不达标 清雷不達標 qīng léi bù dá biāo clearance 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 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]) 