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活该

serve right

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

huo2gai1 • huógāi

Meaning

Primary

serve right

Alternatives

served right, serve sb right, get what's deserved

Mnemonic

When someone is 活该 served right, they get 活 to live through what they 该 should live through as a result of their previous actions.

Usage

活该， 谁 叫 你 不 听 我 的 话。

Serves you right, you should've listened to what I said.

这 家伙 落 得 如此 下场， 活该。

That fellow ended up like this, serves him right.