命苦
mìng kǔ
Pinyin

Definition

命苦
 - 
mìng kǔ
  1. to be born under an ill star

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 条 tiáo
痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits

Sample Sentences

那怎么办？不回家，一个人孤零零地留在这里？就是出去玩，大过年的一个人出去玩也没劲儿。哎，大龄单身青年真命苦啊！
nà zěnme bàn ？bù huíjiā ，yī ge rén gūlīnglīng de liú zài zhèlǐ ？jiùshì chūqù wán ，dàguòniánde yī ge rén chūqù wán yě méijìnr 。ai ，dàlíng dānshēn qīngnián zhēn mìngkǔ a ！
Then what am I supposed to do? If I don't go home, do I just hang around here alone? Even if I go out, spending the New Year alone is no fun either. Oh, I'm not getting any younger and I'm still single. It's so hard!
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我在国外度日如年，整天以泪洗面，根本没心思学习。我怎么这么命苦，那么多人追我我都看不上，偏偏看上了你这个有妇之夫。
wǒ zài guówài dùrìrúnián ，zhěngtiān yǐlèixǐmiàn ，gēnběn méi xīnsī xuéxí 。wǒ zěnme zhème mìngkǔ ，nàme duō rén zhuī wǒ wǒ dōu kànbushàng ，piānpiān kànshàng le nǐ zhè ge yǒufùzhīfū 。
When I was abroad, the days just dragged on and I cried constantly. I couldn't bring myself to study at all. Why did my life have to turn out so badly? So many guys come after me, and yet I think nothing of them. I'm only interested in you, a married man.
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