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Examples:Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898—Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043—failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); fail utterly—Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces—Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution—failed and in a hopeless position—failed reform of Northern Song government in 1043—Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898—Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt reform the Qing dynasty—start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through—start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through—fail to live up to expectations—succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages—fail the civil service examination in Imperial China—well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it—fail to be chosen (or elected)—fail to come out on time—fig. fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent—lit. seek but fail get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for—fail grasp the main points—beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); fail utterly—fail utterly in trying to copy something—all six vital organs fail (idiom); besides oneself with panic—fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure—fail to achieve something—fail to find a proper approach to handling sth—be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results [idiom.]— |