🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

漏掉一拍

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lòudiào yī pāi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Miss a beat/mɪs ə biːt/
verb phraseCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"尽管遇到了突发状况,他们的工作也没有漏掉一拍。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb phrase
  1. 1

    To falter, hesitate, or experience a brief disruption in continuous progress, execution, or concentration.

    "Despite the sudden power outage during the performance, the experienced musicians didn't miss a beat."
  2. 2

    To fail to react or show emotional awareness to a sudden turn of events.

    "She didn't miss a beat when asked the difficult question during the interview."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the physiological metaphor of the human heart momentarily pausing or skipping a pulsation due to shock, surprise, or emotional excitement. The idiom evolved in the 20th century to metaphorically describe a momentary lapse in concentration, rhythm, or operational continuity, most frequently used in the negative form 'not miss a beat'.

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