掉链子 - Zhictionary

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掉链子

掉鏈子

diàoliànzi

to have one's bicycle chain come off
(fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up

(idiomatic, figurative) to drop the ball
to drop the ball

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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)