Adj.fall on hard times; have bad luck

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Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 倒霉.
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Practice writing 倒霉 (dǎo méi) with our free printable handwriting worksheet

How to Use 倒霉 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 倒霉 with other words naturally.
Adjective + Nounwith
dǎo
méi
de
shì
neutral
unlucky thing
Verb + Objectwith霉运
zǒu
méi
yùn
neutral
have bad luck
Adverb + Adjective + Particlewith
tài
dǎo
méi
liǎo
informalSpoken
so unlucky
Adverb + Adjectivewith
zhēn
dǎo
méi
informalSpoken
really unlucky

Example Sentences with 倒霉

jīn
tiān
hěn
dǎo
méi
I am very unlucky today.
gāng
mǎi
de
shǒu
jiù
shuāi
huài
le
zhēn
shì
dǎo
méi
tòu
le
I just bought a new phone and it broke when I dropped it; I'm really down on my luck.
zài
xiàng
guān
jiàn
jiē
duàn
zāo
shù
zhàng
men
tuán
duì
shí
zài
dǎo
méi
Encountering a technical failure at the critical stage of the project, our team is truly unfortunate.
kǎo
shì
méi
tōng
guò
zhēn
dǎo
méi
He failed the exam, that's really unlucky.
nán
dào
men
zhù
dìng
yào
zhí
zhè
me
dǎo
méi
xià
ma
Are we destined to keep having such bad luck all the time?
suī
rán
dào
le
cuò
zhé
dàn
bìng
rèn
wéi
dǎo
méi
Although he encountered setbacks, he doesn't consider himself unlucky.
chū
mén
shí
xià
yòu
wàng
le
dài
sǎn
zhēn
shì
tài
dǎo
méi
le
It rained when I went out, and I forgot to bring an umbrella, that's really unlucky.
xiān
shì
háng
bān
yán
jiē
zhe
xíng
li
diū
shī
zhè
tàng
xíng
dǎo
méi
shì
duàn
First the flight was delayed, then the luggage was lost; this trip has been plagued by one misfortune after another.