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掉链子

/ diào liànzi /
Strokes

Definition

one's bicycle chain comes off/(fig.) to let sb down/to drop the ball/to screw up

Example

As a Verb

(of a bicycle chain) come off

1
de
xíngchē
自行车
lǎo
diào
liànzi
链子
  

My bike chain keeps coming off while riding.

As a Verb

go wrong (usu at a critical moment); drop the ball

2
Zhè
jiàn
shì
shàng
men
我们
bu
néng
diào
liànzi
链子
  

Let's not drop the ball on this.