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倒霉

to have bad luck

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

dao3mei2 • dǎoméi

Meaning

Primary

to have bad luck

Alternatives

have bad luck, has bad luck, had bad luck, be out of luck, to be out of luck, to be unlucky, be unlucky

Mnemonic

You are just walking about when you suddenly 倒 topple over into a bunch of 霉 mildew which then starts to grow over you. How terrible! Today you 倒霉 have bad luck.

Usage

他 最近 很 倒霉。

He’s had very bad luck lately.

你 活该 倒霉。

You deserve to have bad luck.

总有一天 他 会 倒霉 的。

One day he will have bad luck.