"to fail to" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
未能	wèi néng	cannot / to fail to / unable to	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
失败失敗	shī bài	to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4]	syn
失	shī	to lose / to miss / to fail	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
失效	shī xiào	to fail / to lose effectiveness	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
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
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
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
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
疏于疏於	shū yú	to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in	syn
白活	bái huó	to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life
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
败敗	bài	to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither	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
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
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
脱空脫空	tuō kōng	to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
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
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
挂科掛科	guà kē	to fail (a course)
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

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"to fail to" Chinese-English Dictionary

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