to have one's bicycle chain come off; (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up
trad. 掉鏈子
Also written 掉鏈子【diào liàn zi】
Characters in this word
3掉
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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)
- Pinyin
- diào
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 625 of 2500
链
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chain, cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m), chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m), to chain, to enchain
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Traditional
- 鏈
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 16313 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500