Bad luck in Chinese
unlucky · HSK 7–9
倒霉
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- 倒 to fall
- 霉 mold
今天真倒霉，钱包丢了。 Today is really unlucky, I lost my wallet.
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Bad luck in Chinese is 倒霉 (dǎo méi). You can also say 厄运 (è yùn).
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