"Fault" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 故障 | gù zhàng | malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software) |  |
| 缺点 | quē diǎn | weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL:個|个[ge4] |  |
| 失误 | shī wù | lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) | |
| 毛病 | máo bìng | fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 过失 | guò shī | error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency | |
| 短 |  duǎn | short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault | |
| 不是 | bú shi | fault / blame | |
| 过错 | guò cuò | mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) | |
| 差错 | chā cuò | mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap | |
| 错失 | cuò shī | fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) | |
| 断层 | duàn céng | fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional | |
| 短处 | duǎn chù | shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points | |
| 错处 | cuò chu | fault | |
| 尤 | yóu | outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against | |
| 咎 | jiù | fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune | |
| 阙 | què | Imperial city watchtower (old) / fault / deficiency | |
| 佚 | yì | lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] | |
| 碴 | chá | fault / glass fragment / quarrel | |
| 訧 | yóu | fault / mistake | |
| 不韪 | bù wěi | fault / error | |
| 违失 | wéi shī | fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct | |
| 愆尤 | qiān yóu | crime / offense / fault | |
| 不是 | bù shi | fault / blame | |
| 指责 | zhǐ zé | to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce | |
| 找寻 | zhǎo xún | to look for / to seek / to find fault | |
| 无懈可击 | wú xiè kě jī | (idiom) impossible to fault / impeccable | |
| 谢罪 | xiè zuì | to apologize for an offense / to offer one's apology for a fault | |
| 找茬 | zhǎo chá | to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with | |
| 故障排除 | gù zhàng pái chú | fault resolution / trouble clearing | |
| 品头论足 | pǐn tóu lùn zú | lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical | |
| 不认账 | bù rèn zhàng | not to own up / not to admit a fault | |
| 讳疾忌医 | huì jí jì yī | hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom) / fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice | |
| 认账 | rèn zhàng | to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt | |
| 评头论足 | píng tóu lùn zú | lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental | |
| 朝过夕改 | zhāo guò xī gǎi | to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways | |
| 澡垢索疵 | zǎo gòu suǒ cī | to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom) / to find fault / to nitpick | |
| 重影 | chóng yǐng | overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision | |
| 断裂带 | duàn liè dài | fault zone (geology) | |
| 踩线 | cǎi xiàn | to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault | |
| 找刺儿 | zhǎo cì r | to find fault | |
| 单方过失碰撞 | dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng | collision in which only one party is at fault | |
| 找岔子 | zhǎo chà zi | to look for blemishes / to find fault / nitpicking | |
| 找碴儿 | zhǎo chá r | to pick a quarrel / to find fault / nitpicking | |
| 挑毛剔刺 | tiāo máo tī cì | to find fault / to carp / nitpicking | |
| 断层线 | duàn céng xiàn | geological fault line | |
| 正断层 | zhèng duàn céng | normal fault (geology) | |
| 段错误 | duàn cuò wù | segmentation fault | |
| 圣安地列斯断层 | Shèng An1 de liè sī duàn céng | San Andreas Fault, California / also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层 | |
| 圣安德列斯断层 | Shèng An1 dé liè sī duàn céng | San Andreas Fault, California | |
| 脚误 | jiǎo wù | foot fault (tennis etc) | |
| 脚违例 | jiǎo wéi lì | foot fault (tennis etc) | |
| 冲断层 | chōng duàn céng | thrust fault (geology) / compression fault | |
| 负有责任 | fù yǒu zé rèn | at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime) | |
| 走向断层 | zǒu xiàng duàn céng | strike fault (geology) | |
| 走向滑动断层 | zǒu xiàng huá dòng duàn céng | strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another | |
| 转换断层 | zhuǎn huàn duàn céng | transform fault (geology) | |
| 逆断层 | nì duàn céng | reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees | |
| 双误 | shuāng wù | double fault (in tennis) | |
| 鸡蛋里挑骨头 | jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou | to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom) | |
| 领罪 | lǐng zuì | to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment | |
| 龙门山 | Lóng mén shān | Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line / Mt Longmen in Shandong / Mt Longmen in Henan | |
| 龙门山断层 | Lóng mén shān duàn céng | Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin | |
| 龙门断层 | Lóng mén duàn céng | Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin | |
| 罗曼什转换断层 | Romanche transform fault | | |
| 断层面 | duàn céng miàn | fault plane | |
| 转形断层 | transform fault | | |
| 倾向滑距断层 | dip-slip fault | | |
| 横推断层 | transcurrent fault | | |
| 故障管理 | fault management | | |
| 故障树分析 | fault tree analysis / fault tree technique | | |
| 礼多人不怪 | lǐ duō rén bù guài | nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing | |
| 捡漏 | jiǎn lòu | to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity | |
