"fail" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
当 當 dàng v. at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn
失败 失敗 shī bài v., adj. to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4] syn
倒 dǎo v. to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit syn
败 敗 bài v. to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither syn
挂 掛 guà v. to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn
失 shī to lose / to miss / to fail syn
落空 luò kōng to fail / to fall through / to come to nothing syn
落败 落敗 luò bài to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind syn
当掉 當掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working
砸 zá v. to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle syn
失效 shī xiào v. to fail / to lose effectiveness syn
流产 流產 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage / (fig.) to fail / to fall through syn
不及格 bù jí gé to fail / to flunk
不遂 bù suì to fail / to fail to materialize / not to get one's way syn
砸锅 砸鍋 zá guō to fail syn
挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn
罣 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects / variant of 掛|挂[gua4]
脱空 脫空 tuō kōng to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
挂科 掛科 guà kē to fail (a course)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
辜负 辜負 gū fù v. to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
落空 lào kōng to fail to achieve something / to be fruitless syn
未果 wèi guǒ to fail to eventuate / (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing syn
疏于 疏於 shū yú to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in syn
未能 wèi néng cannot / to fail to / unable to syn
不明 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand syn
空军 空軍 kōng jūn n. air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn
流失 liú shī v. (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn
逾期 yú qī v. to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth syn
不争气 不爭氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing / to fail to live up to expectations
黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn
未遂 wèi suì to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt) / abortive (coup d'état) / attempted (murder, suicide) / unfulfilled (wish) syn
落选 落選 luò xuǎn to fail to be chosen (or elected) / to lose an election syn
痛失 tòng shī to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc) syn
求之不得 qiú zhī bù dé lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for syn
落榜 luò bǎng to fail the imperial exams / to flunk syn
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) syn
负心 負心 fù xīn ungrateful / heartless / to fail to be loyal to one's love syn
白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life
不得要领 不得要領 bù dé yào lǐng to fail to grasp the main points syn
相左 xiāng zuǒ to fail to meet each other / to conflict with each other / to be at odds with syn
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
失察 shī chá to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through
令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail syn
落第 luò dì to fail an exam syn
不第 bù dì to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
有始无终 有始無終 yǒu shǐ wú zhōng to start but not finish (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span syn
不识大体 不識大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture syn
背约 背約 bèi yuē to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
名落孙山 名落孫山 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition) syn
有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
不识抬举 不識抬舉 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors syn
壹败涂地 壹敗塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position
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
有头无尾 有頭無尾 yǒu tóu wú wěi (idiom) to fail to finish off what one started syn
为德不卒 為德不卒 wéi dé bù zú to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
为德不终 為德不終 wéi dé bù zhōng to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
禁止令行 jìn zhǐ lìng xíng (lit.) orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom) / (fig.) to execute every order without fail / see 令行禁止[ling4 xing2 jin4 zhi3]
刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
久假不归 久假不歸 jiǔ jiǎ bù guī to fail to return a borrowed item
别具只眼 別具隻眼 bié jù zhī yǎn to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight / see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3]
独具只眼 獨具隻眼 dú jù zhī yǎn to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight syn
有眼无珠 有眼無珠 yǒu yǎn wú zhū (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively) / unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with / to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would syn
大水冲了龙王庙 大水沖了龍王廟 dà shuǐ chōng le lóng wáng miào lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
不度德，不量力 bù dù dé，bù liàng lì (idiom) To fail to assess one’s virtue and ability to command respect, and to fail to measure one’s own capabilities before acting.
自动防止辐射程序 自動防止輻射程序 zì dòng fáng zhǐ fú shè chéng xù fail-safe procedures
失瞻 shī zhān to fail to greet in timely manner
孤负 孤負 gū fù to fail to live up to (sb's expectations, trust or kindness) / to let down / variant of 辜負|辜负[gu1fu4]
弄混 nòng hún to confuse (fail to differentiate)
打嘴 dǎ zuǐ to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast
放飞机 放飛機 fàng fēi jī (coll.) to stand sb up / to fail to honor an agreement
业荒于嬉 業荒於嬉 yè huāng yú xī to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
每谋辄败 每謀輒敗 měi móu zhé bài to fail at every scheme (idiom)
空手而归 空手而歸 kōng shǒu ér guī to return empty-handed / to fail to win anything
脱期 脫期 tuō qī to fail to come out on time / to miss a deadline
着着失败 著著失敗 zhuó zhuó shī bài to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
说话不当话 說話不當話 shuō huà bù dàng huà to fail to keep to one's word / to break a promise
跳票 tiào piào (finance) (of a check) to bounce / (fig.) (of a product etc) to fail to be released on schedule
无故障系统 無故障系統 fail-safe system
愆期 qiān qī (formal) to delay / to miss a deadline / to fail to do sth at the appointed time syn
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
只眼独具 隻眼獨具 zhī yǎn dú jù to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight / see 獨具隻眼|独具只眼[du2 ju4 zhi1 yan3]
驳落 駁落 bó luò to peel off / mottled / to fail an exam / to be demoted
回天无力 回天無力 huí tiān wú lì unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) / to fail to save the situation
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)
旷职 曠職 kuàng zhí to fail to show up for work
考砸 kǎo zá to flunk / to fail a test
流拍 liú pāi (of an item) to fail to sell at an auction
着着失败 著著失敗 zhāo zhāo shī bài (idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
踏空 tà kōng to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
兵多者败 兵多者敗 bīng duō zhě bài (idiom) States that an overly large army often suffers defeat because orders are poorly coordinated and the units fail to act as one.
博而寡要 bó ér guǎ yào (idiom) To possess broad knowledge but fail to grasp the essentials or the main points.
不知深浅 bù zhī shēn qiǎn (idiom) To fail to understand the implications or dangers of a situation.
称雨道晴 稱雨道晴 chēng yǔ dào qíng (idiom) To talk at cross-purposes and fail to see eye to eye.
辞不达意 cí bù dá yì (idiom) The words or sentences fail to express the writer’s thoughts or feelings accurately.
词不逮理 cí bù dài lǐ (idiom) Refers to words and phrases that fail to express an author's thoughts and feelings fully or accurately, whether in speech or writing.
担雪塞井 擔雪塞井 dān xuě sāi jǐng (idiom) To undertake a completely futile task bound to fail. The image emphasizes the impossibility of achieving the intended result.
当着不着 dāng zhuó bù zhuó (idiom) To fail to do what one ought to do while doing what one ought not to do.
道傍之筑 dào bàng zhī zhù (idiom) An undertaking that is bound to fail.
等闲视之 děng xián shì zhī (idiom) To regard something as ordinary and fail to give it the attention it deserves. It implies neglect or underestimation. syn
多端寡要 duō duān guǎi yào (idiom) To have too many threads or points to deal with and fail to grasp the essentials.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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