砸锅

砸鍋
záguō
to fail

CEDICT

  1. (colloquial) to fail
  2. to fail

Wiktionary

比喻办事失败。

重編國語辭典

比喻办事失败

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 砸 zá
  1. to smash
  2. to pound
  3. to fail
  4. to muck up
  5. to bungle
2 锅 guō
  1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron
  2. pot-shaped thing

classifiers: 口, 隻

Containing this entry

砸锅卖铁 záguōmàitiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

Related entries

不及格 bùjígé
  1. to fail
  2. to flunk
他因为准备太少考试不及格了。

He failed in the examination for lack of preparation.

Source: Tatoeba

不遂 bùsuì
  1. to fail
  2. to fail to materialize
  3. not to get one's way
失效 shīxiào
  1. to fail
  2. to lose effectiveness
挂科 guàkē to fail (a course)
我要挂科了！

I'm going to fail the class!

Source: Tatoeba

当掉 dàngdiào
  1. to fail (a student)
  2. to pawn
  3. (of a computer or program) to crash
  4. to stop working
脱空 tuōkōng
  1. to fail
  2. to come to nothing
  3. to fall through (of plans, hopes)
  4. to lie
挫 cuò
  1. obstructed
  2. to fail
  3. to oppress
  4. to repress
  5. to lower the tone
  6. to bend back
  7. to dampen
落败 luòbài
  1. to suffer a defeat
  2. to fail
  3. to fall behind
靠武力取勝，猶如落敗，因為這樣的勝利不會長久。

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

Source: Tatoeba

失 shī
  1. to lose
  2. to miss
  3. to fail
失之毫厘，谬之千里。

Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

Source: Tatoeba

失败 shībài
  1. to be defeated
  2. to lose
  3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. failure
  5. defeat

classifier: 次

汤姆失败了。

Tom has failed.

Tom failed.

Source: Tatoeba

砸 zá
  1. to smash
  2. to pound
  3. to fail
  4. to muck up
  5. to bungle
他們把箱子砸成了碎片。

They knocked the box to pieces.

Source: Tatoeba

败 bài
  1. to defeat
  2. to damage
  3. to lose (to an opponent)
  4. to fail
  5. to wither
如果你没有尝试过失败的角色，那么人们也就不会相信你。

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.

If you're not a loser by nature, then people won't trust you.

Source: Tatoeba

当 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
我想当护士

I want to be a nurse.

Source: Tatoeba