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) 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 衰竭 shuāi jié organ failure / exhaustion / prostration (medicine) syn 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 挫败 挫敗 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat 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 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 成败 成敗 chéng bài success or failure syn 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 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 渎职 瀆職 dú zhí wrongdoing / failure to do one's duty syn 得失 dé shī gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits 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 存活率 cún huó lǜ (med.) survival rate / (med.) recovery rate 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 通货膨胀率 通貨膨脹率 tōng huò péng zhàng lǜ inflation rate / rate of inflation 成活率 chéng huó lǜ survival rate / rate of success 录取率 錄取率 lù qǔ lǜ acceptance rate / admission rate 计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1] 决胜负 決勝負 jué shèng fù to determine success or failure 折扣率 zhé kòu lǜ capitalization rate / discount rate 浮动汇率 floating exchange rate / flexible exchange rate 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 命中率 mìng zhòng lǜ hit rate / scoring rate 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 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 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 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 头号 頭號 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one syn 顶级 頂級 dǐng jí top-notch / first-rate syn 进度 進度 jìn dù rate of progress syn 上好 shàng hǎo first-rate / top-notch syn 二等 èr děng second class / second-rate 二流 èr liú second-rate / second-tier syn 优良 優良 yōu liáng fine / good / first-rate syn 比率 bǐ lǜ ratio / rate / proportion syn 三流 sān liú third-rate / inferior 心动 心動 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc) 死亡率 sǐ wáng lǜ mortality rate 流量 liú liàng flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data 高利 gāo lì high interest rate / usurious syn 功率 gōng lǜ rate of work / power (output) 速率 sù lǜ speed / rate 车流 車流 chē liú traffic / rate of traffic flow 减税 減稅 jiǎn shuì to reduce the tax rate 优等 優等 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior syn 失业率 失業率 shī yè lǜ unemployment rate 持平 chí píng to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased syn 顶呱呱 頂呱呱 dǐng guā guā tip-top / excellent / first-rate syn 汇率 匯率 huì lǜ exchange rate 包饭 包飯 bāo fàn to get or supply meals for a monthly rate / to board / to provide board syn 发病率 發病率 fā bìng lǜ incidence of a disease / disease rate 一品 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank syn 甲级 甲級 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent syn 流速 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow 增幅 zēng fú growth rate / amplification syn 增长率 增長率 zēng zhǎng lǜ growth rate (esp. in economics) syn 税率 稅率 shuì lǜ tax rate 收益率 shōu yì lǜ earnings rate / earnings yield (finance) 生育率 shēng yù lǜ birth rate 增速 zēng sù to speed up / to accelerate / (economics) growth rate syn 年均 nián jūn annual average (rate) syn 利用率 lì yòng lǜ rate of utilization 消耗量 xiāo hào liàng rate of consumption 传输率 傳輸率 chuán shū lǜ transmission rate 储蓄率 儲蓄率 chǔ xù lǜ savings rate 贴现率 貼現率 tiē xiàn lǜ discount rate 点击率 點擊率 diǎn jī lǜ click-through rate (CTR) (Internet) 费率 費率 fèi lǜ rate / tariff 汇价 匯價 huì jià exchange rate 就业率 就業率 jiù yè lǜ employment rate 比价 比價 bǐ jià to compare prices / to compare offers / price ratio / price parity / rate of exchange 心率 xīn lǜ heart rate 经济增长率 經濟增長率 jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜ economic growth rate 采样率 採樣率 cǎi yàng lǜ sampling rate 感染率 gǎn rǎn lǜ rate of infection (usu. of a disease) 减息 減息 jiǎn xī to lower the interest rate 折旧率 折舊率 zhé jiù lǜ rate of deprecation 自然增长率 自然增長率 zì rán zēng zhǎng shuài rate of natural increase 帧频 幀頻 zhēn pín frame rate / frame frequency 变价 變價 biàn jià to appraise at the current rate 辍学率 輟學率 chuò xué lǜ drop-out rate (from schooling) 率 lǜ rate / frequency 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 兑换率 兌換率 duì huàn lǜ currency exchange rate 发生率 發生率 fā shēng lǜ rate of occurrence 次等 cì děng second-class / second-rate syn 血沉 xuè chén erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) 