命薄
命薄 mìng bó ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄛˊ meng6 bok6
- to be unlucky
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- 爱财如命愛財如命 ài cái rú mìng ㄞˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ oi3 coi4 jyu4 ming6 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
- 碍难从命礙難從命 ài nán cóng mìng ㄞˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ngoi6 naan4 cung4 ming6 difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
- 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng ㄢ ㄕㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ on1 san1 laap6 ming6 (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
- 草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ cou2 gaan1 jan4 ming6 to have disregard for human life (idiom)
- 长命百岁長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ coeng4 ming6 baak3 seoi3 (idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
- 德薄能鲜德薄能鮮 dé bó néng xiǎn ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ dak1 bok6 nang4 sin2 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1])
- 红颜薄命紅顏薄命 hóng yán bó mìng ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ hung4 ngaan4 bok6 ming6 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
- 厚古薄今 hòu gǔ bó jīn ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄣ hau5 gu2 bok6 gam1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
- 厚积薄发厚積薄發 hòu jī bó fā ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄛˊ ㄈㄚ hau5 zik1 bok6 faat3 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
- 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng ㄏㄡˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄥ hau5 sei2 bok6 sang1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living