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What does 倒霉 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

倒霉 dǎoméi

unlucky; out of luck; to have bad luck

Its characters

  1. 倒 dǎo to fall
  2. 霉 méi bad luck (as in 倒霉)

In a sentence

今天真倒霉,钱包丢了。 Today is really unlucky, I lost my wallet.

到时候师父偿命,猴哥一个筋斗跑了,倒霉的还是我们!

From 三打白骨精 · Sun Wukong and the White Bone Demon

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