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  • adj.be down on one's luck; be out of luck; fall on evil days; rough luck

    • zhēn shì dǎo méi gǎn dào chē zhàn shí chē gāng kāi zǒu

      倒霉赶到车站

      What lousy luck! When I reached the station, the train had just left.

    • zǒng yǒu yī tiān tā huì dǎo méi de

      倒霉

      He will come to a bad end one of these days.

    • wǒ jīn tiān dǎo méi tòu le

      今天倒霉

      I'm having a really bad day.

    • dǎo méi de rén

      倒霉

      unlucky guy

    • zhēn dǎo méi

      倒霉

      really unfortunate

    • jīn nián tā kě dǎo méi le sān gè yuè nèi kāi le liǎng cì dāo

      今年倒霉

      He hit a bad patch this year, having two operations in three months.

Word usage

  • Note
    "倒霉" cannot be written as "倒楣".
  • "倒" and "霉" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 真是八辈子这样

      What rotten luck it is to encounter such a thing.

    • 没有

      Who hasn't been out of luck?

Chinese words with pinyin dao mei