"(fig.) to fail" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 名落孙山 | míng luò sūn shān | lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition) |   |
| 有眼不识泰山 | yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān | lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact | |
| 打嘴 | dǎ zuǐ | to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast | |
| 大水冲了龙王庙 | dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào | lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other | |
