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薄命
bómìng
1. to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)
2. to be born unlucky
Uncommon • Top 83%

Character Breakdown

薄
báo
thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
HSK 5 16 丶
命
mìng
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (1)

红颜薄命
hóngyánbómìng
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
69,846 of 84,292