著著失敗
zhuó​zhuó​shī​bài

to fail at every step

  • created reference approved 着着失败/著著失敗 → 节节失利/節節失利 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    着着失败 / 著著失敗 zhuó​zhuó​shī​bài

    节节失利 / 節節失利 jié​jié​shī​lì

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 着着失败/著著失敗 · zhuó​zhuó​shī​bài · to fail at every step — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    着着失败 / 著著失敗

    zhuó​zhuó​shī​bài

    to fail at every step

    to fail in every attempt; to meet with defeat at every turn. Originally referring to losing a game of chess, this idiom describes a situation where every move or decision leads to failure.

    zhāo​zhāo​shī​bài

    着着 (reduplication) → 着/著 · zhāo · move 失败 (literal) → 失败/失敗 · shī​bài · to fail

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

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