| 失误 | shī wù | lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) |   |
| 欠缺 | qiàn quē | to be deficient in / lapse / deficiency | |
| 退保 | tuì bǎo | to lapse (or terminate) an insurance | |
| 乘虚而入 | chéng xū ér rù | to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom) / to take advantage of a lapse | |
| 失之毫厘，谬以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | |
| 失之毫厘，差之千里 | shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | |
| 失之毫厘，差以千里 | shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ | a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses | |
| 正常环境直减率 | | normal environmental lapse rate | |
| 延迟因素 | yán chí yīn sù | lapse factor | |
| 恍神 | huǎng shén | to be off in another world / to suffer a lapse in concentration | |
| 秀逗 | xiù dòu | to short-circuit / (fig.) to have a mental lapse / to get one's wires crossed / to be addled | |
| 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | cóng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí | even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve | |
| 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí | (idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment / every man has a fool in his sleeve | |
