倒霉
dǎo méiㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẢO MÔI
Traditional: 倒霉
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 7–9
Meaning(adjective, nominal adjective)
to have bad luck; to be out of luck
Examples
今天真倒霉，手机丢了。
jīn tiān zhēn dǎo méi, shǒu jī diū le.
What bad luck today, I lost my phone.
他倒霉透了，又迟到了。
tā dǎo méi tòu le, yòu chí dào le.
He's so unlucky, he's late again.
倒霉的事总是一起来。
dǎo méi de shì zǒng shì yì qǐ lái.
Bad luck always comes all at once.
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Stroke order
ĐẢO · 10 strokes
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
MÔI · 15 strokes
Related words
- 倒 dǎo — to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 倒 dào — to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- 颠倒 diān dǎo — to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- 倒闭 dǎo bì — to go bankrupt; to close down
- 反倒 fǎn dào — but on the contrary; but expectedly