薄命
bó mìng
Pinyin

Definition

薄命
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bó mìng
  1. to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)
  2. to be born unlucky

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
微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
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

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
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)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

Sample Sentences

嘿嘿，不过宝钗更好些，又温柔又善解人意。黛玉病恹恹的，红颜薄命不说，还是个大醋坛子！
hēihēi ，bùguò Bǎochāi gèng hǎo xiē ，yòu wēnróu yòu shànjiěrényì 。Dàiyù bìngyānyān de ，hóngyánbómìng bù shuō ，háishì ge dà cùtánzi ！
Ha-ha, but Baochai is a little better. She's soft and understanding. Daiyu is sickly-- we don't even have to talk about "beautiful women lead difficult lives”--- she's also extremely jealous!
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