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dǎo méi
sep-v./adj. be down on one's luck, be out of luck; unlucky, unfortunate
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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tā hén dǎo méi, jié hūn nà tiān chū le chē huò .
phr. He had the misfortune to suffer an accident on his wedding day.
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tiān na ! wǒ zhēn dǎo méi !
phr. Good heavens! I'm indeed having bad luck!
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tā de qián bāo bèi tōu, tā zì rèn dǎo méi
phr. Her purse was stolen and she resigned herself to bad luck.
dǎo méi tòu le
phr. extremely unlucky
zhēn shi dǎo méi tòu le
phr. that's really unlucky
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gāi wó dǎo méi, wǒ rèn le .
phr. It's pure bad luck and I accepted it as unavoidable.
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zhēn dǎo méi .
phr. (I am) so unlucky.