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好歹
hǎodǎi
1. good and bad
2. most unfortunate occurrence
3. in any case
4. whatever
Common • Top 10%

Character Breakdown

好
hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
HSK 1 6 丶
歹
dǎi
corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (3)

不问好歹
bùwènhǎodǎi
no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bùzhīhǎodǎi
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
不识好歹
bùshíhǎodǎi
unable to tell good from bad (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
8,606 of 84,292