坏 (壞)
huài
Pinyin

Definition

坏 (壞)
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huài
  1. bad
  2. spoiled
  3. broken
  4. to break down
  5. (suffix) to the utmost

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坏
huài
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 spoiled
  3. 3 broken
  4. 4 to break down
  5. 5 (suffix) to the utmost
破坏
pò huài
  1. 1 destruction
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 to wreck
  4. 4 to break
  5. 5 to destroy
吓坏
xià huài
  1. 1 to be terrified
  2. 2 to terrify sb
坏事
huài shì
  1. 1 bad thing
  2. 2 misdeed
  3. 3 to ruin things
坏人
huài rén
  1. 1 bad person
  2. 2 villain

Idioms (4)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
  1. 1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. 2 a great sage has died (idiom)
礼崩乐坏
lǐ bēng yuè huài
  1. 1 rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray
  2. 2 cf. 禮樂|礼乐[lǐ yuè]

Sample Sentences

秦宇终于松了一口气，原来是个乌龙，只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字，聊了几句，原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧，同时也是个古董控，一个月前去了上海玩，在上海看了几场话剧，还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信，但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了，暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ，yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ，zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ，liáo le jǐ jù ，yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ，tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ，yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ，zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ，hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ，dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ，zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
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你是大坏蛋。
nǐ shì dà huàidàn 。
You're a very bad person.
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没事的。不过……你怎么总在和我道歉呢，明明空调是我上次来弄坏的，也是我一直拖延没去修，你怎么说得像是自己的错一样？
méishì de 。bùguò ……nǐ zěnme zǒng zài hé wǒ dàoqiàn ne ，míngmíng kōngtiáo shì wǒ shàngcì lái nònghuài de ，yě shì wǒ yīzhí tuōyán méi qù Xiū ，nǐ zěnme shuō de xiàng shì zìjǐ de cuò yīyàng ？
It’s nothing. But...why are you always apologizing to me, obviously I was the one who broke the AC and been delaying the repairs so why do you say it is your own fault?
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没关系，已经坏了很久了呀。
méiguānxi ，yǐjīng huài le hěn jiǔ le ya 。
It doesn't matter, it has been broken for a long time.
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我想你昨天吃的宵夜把肚子吃坏了。
wǒ xiǎng nǐ zuótiān chī de xiāoyè bǎ dùzi chī huài le 。
I think the mid-night snack you ate caused your stomach pain.
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可能这一个人做了坏事，所以人人都不喜欢他，都不想和他有关系。
kěnéng zhè yī ge rén zuò le huàishì ，suǒyǐ rénrén dōu bù xǐhuan tā ，dōu bù xiǎng hé tā yǒu guānxi 。
Maybe this person did something bad, so people neither like him nor want to have anything to do with him.
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坏人绝对说不出好话。
huàirén juéduì shuōbuchū hǎohuà 。
A filthy mouth cannot utter decent language.
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在保护自己、打坏人的时候，要打蛇打七寸，要不然很危险的。
zài bǎohù zìjǐ 、dǎ huàirén de shíhou ，yào dǎshédǎqīcùn ，yàobùrán hěn wēixiǎn de 。
When you attack the bad guy to protect yourself, you need to hit where it hurts. Or it would be dangerous.
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意思是一个人看起来非常好，但是里面是坏人。
yìsi shì yīgē rén kànqǐlai fēicháng hǎo ，dànshì lǐmiàn shì huàirén 。
It means a person looks nice on the outside, but inside he's bad.
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比如说，在开会的时候，一个人迟到，所有人都要等他。这时候就是一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
bǐrú shuō ，zài kāihuì de shíhou ，yīgē rén chídào ，suǒyǒu rén dōu yào děng tā 。zhè shíhou jiùshì yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
For example, when we're having a meeting, when one person is late, everyone has to wait for him. This is what we call "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch."
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