坏话 (壞話)
huài huà
Pinyin

Definition

坏话 (壞話)
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huài huà
  1. unpleasant talk
  2. malicious words

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
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
的话
de huà
  1. 1 if (coming after a conditional clause)
笑话
xiào huà
  1. 1 joke
  2. 2 jest
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 to laugh at
  5. 5 to mock
话
huà
  1. 1 dialect
  2. 2 language
  3. 3 spoken words
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 talk
  6. 6 words
  7. 7 conversation
  8. 8 what sb said
  9. 9 classifier: 种 zhǒng
  10. 10 classifier: 席 xí
  11. 11 classifier: 句 jù
  12. 12 classifier: 口 kǒu
  13. 13 classifier: 番 fān

Idioms (20)

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
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
  1. 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
  2. 2 without demur

Sample Sentences

哎，我们别说老蒋坏话了，旁边人都看我们呢！
āi ，wǒmen bié shuō LǎoJiǎng huàihuà le ，pángbiān rén dōu kàn wǒmen ne ！
Hey, let's not say bad things about Old Chiang. People around are looking at us!
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你们小两口是不是在说谁的坏话啊？
nǐmen xiǎoliǎngkǒu shìbushì zài shuō shéi de huàihuà a ？
Who are you two gossiping about now?
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先不说你们俩。后妈不好当，你对她严厉了，她会说你虐待她，对她宽松了，又会说你不管她。反正净说你坏话。当后妈就是吃力不讨好。
xiān bù shuō nǐmen liǎ 。hòumā bù hǎo dāng ，nǐ duì tā yánlì le ，tā huì shuō nǐ nüèdài tā ，duì tā kuānsōng le ，yòu huì shuō nǐ bù guǎn tā 。fǎnzhèng jìng shuō nǐ huàihuà 。dāng hòumā jiùshì chīlì bù tǎohǎo 。
Don't worry about the two of you. There's nothing good about being a stepmother. If you're strict with her, she'll say you're abusing her. If you're easy on her, she'll say you don't care about her. Whatever you do, she'll speak poorly of you. Being a stepmother is a tireless job that gets you no respect.
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哎，刚才不应该说它坏话的。
āi ，gāngcái bù yīnggāi shuō tā huàihuà de 。
Agh, I shouldn't have said bad things about him just then.
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