"bad luck" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
糟糕 zāo gāo too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad syn
幸运 幸運 xìng yùn fortunate / lucky / good fortune / luck syn
好运 好運 hǎo yùn good luck syn
运气 運氣 yùn qi luck (good or bad) syn
yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn
走运 走運 zǒu yùn to have good luck / to be in luck syn
倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck / to be out of luck syn
机遇 機遇 jī yù opportunity / favorable circumstance / stroke of luck syn
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad syn
不巧 bù qiǎo too bad / unfortunately / as luck would have it syn
手气 手氣 shǒu qì luck (in gambling)
潦倒 liáo dǎo down on one's luck / in straitened circumstances / disappointed / frustrated syn
转运 轉運 zhuǎn yùn to forward / to transfer / to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor syn
走红 走紅 zǒu hóng to be popular / to be in luck / to have good luck / to develop smoothly syn
坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes syn
豁出去 huō chu qu to throw caution to the wind / to press one's luck / to go for broke syn
刚巧 剛巧 gāng qiǎo by chance / by coincidence / by good luck syn
听天由命 聽天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck syn
桃花运 桃花運 táo huā yùn luck with the ladies / a romance / good luck
艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women
际遇 際遇 jì yù circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity syn
大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn
彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn
恭祝 gōng zhù to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing)
吉凶 jí xiōng good and bad luck (in astrology) syn
背时 背時 bèi shí outdated / out of luck syn
大运 大運 dà yùn a stroke of luck / World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会[da4 xue2 sheng1 yun4 dong4 hui4])
碰运气 碰運氣 pèng yùn qi to try one's luck / to leave sth to chance
霉运 霉運 méi yùn ill luck / misfortune
学坏 學壞 xué huài to follow bad examples / to be corrupted by bad examples
双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
押宝 押寶 yā bǎo to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck
貔貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier syn
狗屎运 狗屎運 gǒu shǐ yùn (coll.) (other people's) dumb luck
运道 運道 yùn dao fortune / luck / fate
霉气 霉氣 méi qì a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck
适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn
chòu stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition) syn
good fortune / happiness / luck syn
auspicious / propitious / good luck / felicity / euphoria / used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress syn
扫帚星 掃帚星 sào zhou xīng comet / person who brings bad luck / jinx syn
倒运 倒運 dǎo yùn to have bad luck syn
红运 紅運 hóng yùn good luck syn
天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn
坏分子 壞份子 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg / troublemaker syn
走好运 走好運 zǒu hǎo yùn to experience good luck
jiǎo by mere luck
jiǎo by mere luck
可以 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good syn
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good syn
fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
差不多 chà bu duō almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad syn
恶心 惡心 è xīn bad habit / vicious habit / vice syn
帽子 mào zi hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3] syn
坏人 壞人 huài rén bad person / villain syn
坏事 壞事 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things syn
罪名 zuì míng charge / accusation / stigma / bad name / stained reputation syn
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:股[gu3] syn
坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard syn
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad / good / fine syn
差劲 差勁 chà jìn bad / no good / below average / disappointing syn
刹车 剎車 shā chē to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake syn
地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn
引诱 引誘 yǐn yòu to coerce (sb into doing sth bad) / to lure (into a trap) / to seduce syn
不良 bù liáng bad / harmful / unhealthy syn
不至于 不至於 bù zhì yú unlikely to go so far as to / not as bad as syn
反感 fǎn gǎn to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn
臭味 chòu wèi bad smell / foul odor syn
备受 備受 bèi shòu to fully experience (good or bad) syn
好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever syn
反面 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad syn
发臭 發臭 fā chòu smelly / to smell bad
复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn
加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn
免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn
变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn
改掉 gǎi diào to correct (a bad habit etc) syn
染上 rǎn shàng to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit) syn
防空洞 fáng kōng dòng air raid shelter / bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people / hideout
口臭 kǒu chòu bad breath / halitosis
祸害 禍害 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck syn
撒野 sā yě to display shockingly bad behavior / to behave atrociously syn
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn
恶习 惡習 è xí bad habit / vice syn
洗刷 xǐ shuā to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc) syn
恶名 惡名 è míng bad name / evil reputation syn
陷于 陷於 xiàn yú caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc) syn
马马虎虎 馬馬虎虎 mǎ ma hū hū careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair syn
酿成 釀成 niàng chéng to make (wine or spirits) / (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
不和 bù hé not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord syn
不善 bù shàn bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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