mìng

common
literary

Meaning of 薄命

薄命 means ill-fated; born unlucky; having a hard lot in life. Pronounced bó mìng.

  • ill-fated; born unlucky; having a hard lot in life

Definitions & Examples

zǒng
jué
de
hóng
yán
mìng
 
rén
shú
 

She always felt that her beauty was ill-fated, leading her to meet the wrong people.

Xiǎo
shuō
zhōng
de
zhǔ
jué
cháng
cháng
bèi
zào
chéng
mìng
de
jiā
rén
 

The heroines in novels are often portrayed as ill-fated beauties.

Jiù
shí
rén
men
cháng
de
xìng
guī
jiù
mìng
 

In the old days, people often attributed a woman's misfortune to her ill-fated destiny.

gǎn
kǎi
dào
 
hóng
yán
duō
mìng
 

He sighed that beautiful women have always been ill-fated since ancient times.

Bié
zhěng
tiān
yuàn
 
shuō
mìng
 
yào
yǒng
gǎn
de
gǎi
biàn
mìng
yùn
 

Don't wallow in self-pity all day, saying you're ill-fated; you must bravely change your destiny.