Translation of 倒霉 to English with examples of 倒霉 -Chinese-English dictionary Trainchinese

倒霉

dǎo méi

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

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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.

SYNONYMS

不幸 / 不幸 bú xìng
[adj/n] unfortunate, unlucky, sad; misfortune, adversity

倒楣 / 倒楣 dǎo méi
[v] (informal) be out of luck, be unlucky

走背字儿 / 走背字兒 zǒu bèi zìr
[phr] to have bad luck (informal)

背运 / 背運 bèi yùn
[n/adj] bad luck, ill luck; unfortunate, unlucky

倒运 / 倒運 dǎo yùn
[v] be down on one's luck, be out of luck; to profit by buying at one place and selling at another; to transship, to transport goods from one place to another

EXAMPLES

他很倒霉，结婚那天出了车祸。

他很倒霉，結婚那天出了車禍。

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.

天哪！我真倒霉！

tiān na ! wǒ zhēn dǎo méi !

phr. Good heavens! I'm indeed having bad luck!

她的钱包被偷，她自认倒霉。

她的錢包被偷，她自認倒霉。

tā de qián bāo bèi tōu, tā zì rèn dǎo méi

phr. Her purse was stolen and she resigned herself to bad luck.

倒霉透了

dǎo méi tòu le

phr. extremely unlucky

真是倒霉透了

zhēn shi dǎo méi tòu le

phr. that's really unlucky

该我倒霉，我认了。

該我倒霉，我認了。

gāi wó dǎo méi, wǒ rèn le .

phr. It's pure bad luck and I accepted it as unavoidable.

真倒霉。

zhēn dǎo méi .

phr. (I am) so unlucky.