掉鏈子
diào​liàn​zi

to drop the ball

  • created sense approved 掉链子/掉鏈子 · diào​liàn​zi · to drop the ball — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掉链子 / 掉鏈子

    diào​liàn​zi

    to drop the ball

    To have a bicycle chain come off; (figuratively) to fail at a critical moment or let someone down.

    掉, 链子

    掉 (literal) → 掉 · diào · to fall 链子 (literal) → 链子/鏈子 · liàn​zi · roller chain

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense