| 高低 | gao1 di1 | just |
| 故障 | gu4 zhang4 | fault |
| 失败 | shi1 bai4 | failure |
| 注定 | zhu4 ding4 | to be fated |
| 成败 | cheng2 bai4 | success or failure |
| 死心 | si3 xin1 | to give up |
| 断电 | duan4 dian4 | power cut |
| 衰竭 | shuai1 jie2 cui1 jie2 | to fail |
| 渎职 | du2 zhi2 | wrongdoing |
| 饥荒 | ji1 huang1 | debt |
| 凶 | xiong1 | vicious |
| 残局 | can2 ju2 | endgame (in chess) |
| 陈独秀 | chen2 du2 xiu4 | Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated |