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 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 音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) 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 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 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 管理信息系统 管理信息系統 guǎn lǐ xìn xī xì tǒng management information system / MI system 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 万全 萬全 wàn quán absolutely safe / surefire / thorough 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 收存 shōu cún to receive for storage / delivery of goods / to gather and store / to store safely / safe keeping 学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc) 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 组合音响 組合音響 zǔ hé yīn xiǎng hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3] syn 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 官制 guān zhì the civil service system / the bureaucratic system 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 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° 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 分封制 fēn fēng zhì the feudal system / system of enfeoffment 背约 背約 bèi yuē to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise 进 進 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn 系统 系統 xì tǒng system / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 十 shí ten / 10 / numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5] syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device syn 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 体系 體系 tǐ xì system / setup / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 盎司 àng sī ounce (British imperial system) (loanword) syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 智能 zhì néng intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc) 太阳系 太陽系 tài yáng xì solar system 价值观 價值觀 jià zhí guān system of values syn 体制 體制 tǐ zhì system / organization syn 肠胃 腸胃 cháng wèi stomach and intestine / digestive system syn 改良 gǎi liáng to improve (sth) / to reform (a system) syn