当 當 dàng 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 安全 ān quán safe / secure / safety / security syn 失败 失敗 shī bài to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4] syn 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 保险 保險 bǎo xiǎn insurance / to insure / safe / secure / be sure / be bound to / CL:份[fen4] syn 程序 chéng xù procedures / sequence / order / computer program syn 失 shī to lose / to miss / to fail syn 保险箱 保險箱 bǎo xiǎn xiāng safe deposit box / a safe syn 平安 píng ān safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace syn 空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn 不明 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand syn 通行证 通行證 tōng xíng zhèng a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct syn 失效 shī xiào to fail / to lose effectiveness syn 保险柜 保險櫃 bǎo xiǎn guì a safe / strongbox syn 流产 流產 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage / (fig.) to fail / to fall through syn 辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint 未遂 wèi suì to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt) / abortive (coup d'état) / attempted (murder, suicide) / unfulfilled (wish) syn 庇护所 庇護所 bì hù suǒ safe house syn 安然 ān rán calmly / without qualms / free from worry / safe and sound syn 安然无恙 安然無恙 ān rán wú yàng safe and sound (idiom) / to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) syn 万无一失 萬無一失 wàn wú yī shī surefire / absolutely safe (idiom) syn 未能 wèi néng cannot / to fail to / unable to syn 安好 ān hǎo safe and sound / well 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 流失 liú shī (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 封存 fēng cún to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball syn 安全区 安全區 ān quán qū a safe area / a security zone 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 相左 xiāng zuǒ to fail to meet each other / to conflict with each other / to be at odds with 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 落败 落敗 luò bài to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind syn 逾期 yú qī to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 负心 負心 fù xīn ungrateful / heartless / to fail to be loyal to one's love syn 不得要领 不得要領 bù dé yào lǐng to fail to grasp the main points syn 落榜 luò bǎng to fail the imperial exams / to flunk 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 稳如泰山 穩如泰山 wěn rú tài shān steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses syn 顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation) 不遂 bù suì to fail / to fail to materialize / not to get one's way syn 失察 shī chá to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 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 落空 lào kōng to fail to achieve something / to be fruitless syn 落空 luò kōng to fail / to fall through / to come to nothing syn 不争气 不爭氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing / to fail to live up to expectations 不及格 bù jí gé to fail / to flunk 未果 wèi guǒ to fail to eventuate / (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing syn 保护措施 保護措施 bǎo hù cuò shī safe-keeping measures 严把 嚴把 yán bǎ to be strict / to enforce vigorously (procedures, quality control etc) 万全 萬全 wàn quán absolutely safe / surefire / thorough syn 转换程序 轉換程序 switching rules / switching procedures 疏于 疏於 shū yú to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in syn 收存 shōu cún to receive for storage / delivery of goods / to gather and store / to store safely / safe keeping 国家外汇管理局 國家外匯管理局 guó jiā wài huì guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) 康泰 kāng tài safe and healthy syn 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 铁箱 鐵箱 tiě xiāng metal trunk / metal box / a safe 当掉 當掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working 落第 luò dì to fail an exam syn 倒 dǎo 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 挂 掛 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 syn 砸 zá to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle syn 泰 tài safe / peaceful / most / grand syn 败 敗 bài to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither syn 平安无事 平安無事 píng ān wú shì safe and sound (idiom) syn 挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn 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 不第 bù dì to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China) 砸锅 砸鍋 zá guō to fail 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 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 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 标准作业程序 標準作業程序 biāo zhǔn zuò yè chéng xù standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures 特派团标准作业程序 mission standard operating procedures / mission standing operating procedures 简化行政、商业、运输手续及惯例中心 簡化行政、商業、運輸手續及慣例中心 United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport / Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport 敌友识别程序 identification friend or foe procedures / IFF procedures 人权理事会特别程序 人權理事會特別程序 special procedures of the Human Rights Council / special procedures 经常作业程序 經常作業程序 jīng cháng zuò yè chéng xù standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures 无故障系统 無故障系統 fail-safe system 安全港 ān quán gǎng safe harbor / safe haven 人道主义安全区 人道主義安全區 rén dào zhǔ yì ān quán qū safe humanitarian zone / safe area; 安全岛屿方桉 安全島嶼方案 Safe Islands Programme / Safe Islands Program 失瞻 shī zhān to fail to greet in timely manner 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 