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
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