毛病 máo bìng fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 指责 指責 zhǐ zé to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce syn 故障 gù zhàng malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software) 条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn 纸条 紙條 zhǐ tiáo slip of paper 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground syn 失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn 缺点 缺點 quē diǎn weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) syn 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 过失 過失 guò shī error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency syn 找寻 找尋 zhǎo xún to look for / to seek / to find fault syn 放过 放過 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 差错 差錯 chā cuò mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap syn 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 失手 shī shǒu a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated syn 提防 dī fáng to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] syn 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 无懈可击 無懈可擊 wú xiè kě jī (idiom) impossible to fault / impeccable syn 保单 保單 bǎo dān guarantee slip syn 脱口而出 脫口而出 tuō kǒu ér chū (idiom) to blurt out / to let slip (an indiscreet remark) 失足 shī zú to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life syn 错失 錯失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) syn 找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with 染指 rǎn zhǐ to dip a finger (idiom) / fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎 掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket / to pay out of pocket / to foot the bill syn 纰漏 紕漏 pī lòu careless mistake / slip-up syn 口误 口誤 kǒu wù to misspeak / to get one's words mixed up / a slip of the tongue 品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn 谢罪 謝罪 xiè zuì to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault 失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip syn 疏漏 shū lòu to slip up / to overlook by negligence / careless omission / oversight syn 打滑 dǎ huá to skid / to slip / to slide syn 跌进 跌進 diē jìn to fall into / to dip below a certain level syn 短处 短處 duǎn chù shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points syn 浸入 jìn rù to soak / to dip syn 失言 shī yán slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret syn 夹带 夾帶 jiā dài to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam 涉猎 涉獵 shè liè to skim (through a book) / to read cursorily / to dip into syn 笔误 筆誤 bǐ wù a slip of a pen / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 倾角 傾角 qīng jiǎo dip / angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal) / tilt (inclination of ship from vertical) syn 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 失察 shī chá to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 不是 bú shi fault / blame syn 防滑 fáng huá antiskid / slip resistant 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 故障排除 gù zhàng pái chú fault resolution / trouble clearing 开溜 開溜 kāi liū to leave in stealth / to slip away 滑出 huá chū to slip out 下药 下藥 xià yào to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc) syn 滑倒 huá dǎo to slip (lose one's footing) 荏苒 rěn rǎn (literary) (of time) to slip away syn 不认账 不認賬 bù rèn zhàng not to own up / not to admit a fault 滑移 huá yí to slip / to drift 错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver syn 短 duǎn short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault syn 滑 huá to slip / to slide / slippery / smooth / sly / slippery / not to be trusted syn 溜 liū to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate syn 尤 yóu outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against syn 膏 gào to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink syn 饰 飾 shì decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate syn 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) syn 褪 tùn to slip out of sth / to hide sth in one's sleeve syn 评头论足 評頭論足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental syn 蒙混过关 矇混過關 méng hùn guò guān to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1] 咎 jiù fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune syn 碴 chá fault / glass fragment / quarrel 活结 活結 huó jié a slip-knot / a noose syn 阙 闕 què Imperial city watchtower (old) / fault / deficiency syn 认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn 淬 cuì dip into water / to temper syn 蹉 cuō to error / to slip / to miss / to err 错处 錯處 cuò chu fault syn 讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huì jí jì yī hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom) / fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice syn 失口 shī kǒu slip of the tongue / indiscretion / to blurt out a secret syn 汉简 漢簡 hàn jiǎn bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty syn 寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn 出溜 chū liu to slip / to slide syn 濡染 rú rǎn to infect / to influence / to dip (in ink) syn 佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] syn 跶 躂 dā to stumble / to slip / variant of 達|达[da2] 一念之差 yī niàn zhī chā momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action syn 重影 chóng yǐng overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision 一失足成千古恨 yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom) syn 断裂带 斷裂帶 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology) 走嘴 zǒu zuǐ a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake) syn 蹽 liāo to run / to slip away / to stride 染指于鼎 染指於鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom) / fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action 朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways 澡垢索疵 zǎo gòu suǒ cī to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom) / to find fault / to nitpick 言多必失 yán duō bì shī if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom) 真倾斜 真傾斜 zhēn qīng xié dip / true dip / angle of dip 逆断层 逆斷層 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees 走向滑动断层 走向滑動斷層 zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céng strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another 冲断层 衝斷層 chōng duàn céng thrust fault (geology) / compression fault 龙门山断层 龍門山斷層 lóng mén shān duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin 龙门断层 龍門斷層 lóng mén duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin 