"back to square one" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 回到原點
• 重新開始

Definition

如果你回到back to square one，就是因之前的努力失敗或沒用，不得不從頭開始。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式的成語，常用於遭遇重大失敗後。只有在所有進展都失去、需要從頭再來時才用，不適於小錯誤。常見於日常口語及書寫。

Examples

After losing all my work, I had to go back to square one.

失去所有工作後，我不得不 **回到原點**。

The project failed, so we're back to square one.

項目失敗了，所以我們**回到原點**。

If your plan doesn’t work, just go back to square one and try again.

如果你的計劃失敗了，就**回到原點**再試一次。

We accidentally deleted the file, so now it's back to square one for us.

我們不小心把檔案刪了，只能**重新開始**了。

Every time we fix one bug, two more show up—it feels like we're always back to square one!

每次修好一個問題，又冒出兩個，總感覺總是**回到原點**！

I thought I was making progress, but this setback put me back to square one.

我以為有進步，但這個挫折讓我**回到原點**。