"lose-lose (situation)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn
失态 失態 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation) syn
走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn
黯然失色 數以萬計 àn rán shī sè to lose one's splendor / to lose luster / to be eclipsed / to be overshadowed
失身 shī shēn to lose one's virginity / to lose one's chastity
图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture syn
diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn
le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn
失去 shī qù to lose syn
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation syn
qíng (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition syn
失望 shī wàng disappointed / to lose hope / to despair syn
失败 失敗 shī bài to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4] syn
困难 困難 kùn nan difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation syn
状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
条件 條件 tiáo jiàn condition / circumstance / term / factor / requirement / prerequisite / qualification / situation / state / condition / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn
损失 損失 sǔn shī loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage syn
发疯 發瘋 fā fēng to go mad / to go crazy / to lose one's mind syn
shī to lose / to miss / to fail syn
昏迷 hūn mí to lose consciousness / to be in a coma / stupor / coma / stunned / disoriented syn
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn
迷路 mí lù to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) syn
场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn
处境 處境 chǔ jìng situation (of a person) syn
丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face / humiliation syn
丢掉 丟掉 diū diào to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away syn
场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn
情形 qíng xing circumstances / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
迷失 mí shī to lose (one's bearings) / to get lost syn
局面 jú miàn aspect / phase / situation syn
失业 失業 shī yè unemployment / to lose one's job syn
场面 場面 chǎng miàn scene / spectacle / occasion / situation syn
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face syn
手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn
减肥 減肥 jiǎn féi to lose weight
丧失 喪失 sàng shī to lose / to forfeit syn
情景 qíng jǐng scene / spectacle / circumstances / situation syn
局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts / (lose) track (of) syn
躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn
形势 形勢 xíng shì circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
丢失 丟失 diū shī to lose / to misplace syn
随机 隨機 suí jī according to the situation / pragmatic / random syn
发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to lose one's temper / to fly into a rage / to throw a tantrum syn
解救 jiě jiù to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation syn
台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn
知情 zhī qíng to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation syn
转向 轉向 zhuàn xiàng to get lost / to lose one's way syn
实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation / the truth syn
丧命 喪命 sàng mìng to lose one's life syn
失效 shī xiào to fail / to lose effectiveness syn
事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn
整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn
现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn
搭讪 搭訕 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation syn
失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
送命 sòng mìng to lose one's life / to get killed syn
灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn
沉迷 chén mí to be engrossed / to be absorbed with / to lose oneself in / to be addicted to syn
失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately syn
丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn
扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn
失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight / to become blind / blindness syn
失手 shī shǒu a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated syn
身处 身處 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by syn
失窃 失竊 shī qiè to lose by theft / to have one's property stolen syn
危急 wēi jí critical / desperate (situation) syn
残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure)
大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn
风云 風雲 fēng yún weather / unstable situation syn
遗失 遺失 yí shī to lose / to leave behind (inadvertently) syn
军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation / military intelligence
谜团 謎團 mí tuán riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad syn
惊慌失措 驚慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom) syn
不省人事 bù xǐng rén shì to lose consciousness / unconscious / in a coma syn
光明正大 guāng míng zhèng dà (of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly / (of a situation) out in the open syn
加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn
真情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth syn
对策 對策 duì cè countermeasure for dealing with a situation syn
全局 quán jú overall situation syn
似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn
实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn
进退两难 進退兩難 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation syn
灰心 huī xīn to lose heart / to be discouraged syn
动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat syn
失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted
失利 shī lì to lose / to suffer defeat syn
失足 shī zú to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life syn
知足 zhī zú content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness) syn
自拔 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation syn
迷途 mí tú to lose one's way syn
近况 近況 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation
战败 戰敗 zhàn bài to lose a war syn
势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn
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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