"Attempt" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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尝试 cháng shì to try / to attempt / CL:次[ci4]
试图 shì tú to attempt / to try
企图 qǐ tú to attempt / to try / attempt / CL:種|种[zhong3]
图 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
试作 shì zuò to attempt / test run
未遂罪 wèi suì zuì attempt
未遂行为  attempt
自杀 zì shā to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide
人为 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc)
设法 shè fǎ to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
妄想 wàng xiǎng to attempt vainly / a vain attempt / delusion
妄图 wàng tú to try in vain / futile attempt
壮举 zhuàng jǔ magnificent feat / impressive feat / heroic undertaking / heroic attempt
一把抓 yī bǎ zhuā to attempt all tasks at once / to manage every detail regardless of its importance
大跃进 Dà yuè jìn Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
劝导 quàn dǎo to advise / to attempt to convince
寻死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death
重整旗鼓 chóng zhěng qí gǔ lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom) / to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
依样画葫芦 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
缘木求鱼 yuán mù qiú yú lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible
啧 zé (interj. of admiration or of disgust) / to click one's tongue / to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak
戊戌变法 Wù xū Biàn fǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
百日维新 Bǎi rì Wéi xīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
逐鹿中原 zhú lù zhōng yuán lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne
螳臂当车 táng bì dāng chē a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1]
一锤子买卖 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt
维新变法 Wéi xīn Biàn fǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
一举成功 yī jǔ chéng gōng success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom) / a laughable attempt to seize power
四一二事变 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 / or 慘案|惨案 / in PRC literature
戊戌政变 Wù xū Zhèng biàn coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
戊戌维新 Wù xū Wéi xīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
戳力 chuō lì to work toward / to endeavor / an attempt
桶里射鱼 tǒng lǐ shè yú to shoot fish in a barrel / to attempt sth too easy
苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān seeking only ease and comfort (idiom) / making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
华北事变 Huá běi Shì biàn North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
边控 biān kòng border control (abbr. for 邊境控制|边境控制[bian1 jing4 kong4 zhi4]) / to place sb on a border control list (a list of people to be detained if they attempt to enter or leave the country)
张勋复辟 Zhāng Xūn Fù bì Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne
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