"Bad" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zāo gāo too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad
 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
 bù liáng bad / harmful / unhealthy
 bù shàn bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive
 chà jìn bad / no good / below average / disappointing
 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good
 chà bu duō almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
 hái hǎo not bad / tolerable / fortunately
 pí qi character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:個|个[ge4]
 è xīn bad habit / vicious habit / vice
 guò dé How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
 mào zi hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3]
 dǎo méi to have bad luck / to be out of luck
 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state)
 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
 bù zhì yú unlikely to go so far as to / not as bad as
 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality
 bù shuǎng not well / out of sorts / in a bad mood / without discrepancy / accurate
 huài rén bad person / villain
 huài shì bad thing / misdeed / to ruin things
 bù hé not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord
 cháng duǎn length / duration / accident / right and wrong / good and bad / long and short
 fǎn gǎn to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
 hǎo dǎi good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad
 bù chà not bad / OK
 rǎn shàng to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit)
 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism
 yù shí jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad
 kǒu chòu bad breath / halitosis
 yōu liè good and bad / merits and drawbacks
 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard
 è yùn bad luck / misfortune / adversity
 chòu wèi bad smell / foul odor
 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad
 shàng kě not bad / satisfactory
 xiàn yú caught in (a bad situation) / to fall into (trap etc)
 xiǎo dòng zuò bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
 niàng chéng to make (wine or spirits) / (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
 xiāo chén depressed / bad mood / low spirit
 bù qiǎo too bad / unfortunately / as luck would have it
 gǎi diào to drop a bad habit
 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck
 xǐ shuā to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
 jí xiōng good and bad luck (in astrology)
 è xí bad habit / vice
 bù lài (coll.) not bad / good / fine
 huài zhàng bad debt
 sā yě to display shockingly bad behavior / to behave atrociously
 huì qì bad luck / unlucky / calamitous / wretched
 mǎ ma hū hū careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair
 mó zhǎng the power of sb or sth evil / the clutches (of a bad person etc)
 è míng bad name / evil reputation
 lòu xí corrupt practice / bad habits / malpractice
 liáng yǒu bù qí good and bad people intermingled
 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life?
 kuì duì to be ashamed to face (sb) / to feel bad about having failed (sb)
 è sú bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity
 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
 dà huī láng big bad wolf
 bù huān ér sàn to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
 è tú hoodlum / bad guy
 xué huài to follow bad examples / to be corrupted by bad examples
 sǔn yǒu bad friend
 huài pí qì bad temper
 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record
 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other
 jiè chú to quit / to give up (a bad habit)
 péng tóu gòu miàn messy hair and dirty face / bad appearance
 tóng liú hé wū to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom) / to follow the bad example of others
 shǔ bèi a scoundrel / a bad chap
 fā chòu smelly / to smell bad
 chī huài to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
 dǎi rén bad person / evildoer / robber
 dāi zhàng bad debt
 nào qíng xù to be in a bad mood
 bào bìng to be ill / to be in bad health
 làn jiāo to fall into bad company / to make acquaintances indiscriminately
 dāi zhàng bad debt
 yī qiū zhī hé jackals of the same tribe (idiom) / fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day
 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard
 méi qì a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck
 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle
 yí hài to have bad consequences
 tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
 bèi yùn bad luck / unlucky
 bù chéng tǐ tǒng not according with decorum (idiom) / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
 wū míng bad reputation / stigma
 xiào yóu to follow a bad example
 bù shì wèi r not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset
 hēi wǔ lèi the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg
 yǒu kǒu wú xīn to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom)
 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom) / as a warning to others
 dǎo yùn to have bad luck
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