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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 活該 served right, they get 活 to live through what they 該 should live through as a result of their previous actions.

Usage


活該, 誰 叫 你 不 聽 我 的 話。

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

這 家伙 落 得 如此 下場, 活該。

That fellow ended up like this, serves him right.