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触霉头

Word · VerbTraditional觸霉頭

have bad luck; run into something unpleasant

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

verb

to have bad luck; to run into something unpleasant; to jinx oneself

dialect

A dialectal expression, common in the Wu dialect region (e.g., Shanghai, Suzhou). It describes encountering minor misfortunes or inauspicious situations, often used in a somewhat humorous or resigned tone.

Jīn今
tiān天
yī一
chū出
mén门
jiù就
xià下
yǔ雨
 ,
zhēn真
shì是
chù触
méi霉
tóu头
 。

It started raining as soon as I went out today—what bad luck.

Tā他
kǎo考
shì试
qián前
shuāi摔
le了
yī一
jiāo跤
 ,
gǎn感
jué觉
zì自
jǐ己
chù触
méi霉
tóu头
le了
 。

He tripped before the exam and felt like he'd jinxed himself.

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Gāng刚
mǎi买
de的
shǒu手
jī机
jiù就
huài坏
le了
 ,
tài太
chù触
méi霉
tóu头
le了
 !

My brand new phone just broke—how unlucky!

Bié别
zài在
rén人
jiā家
bàn办
xǐ喜
shì事
de的
shí时
hou候
shuō说
zhè这
zhǒng种
huà话
 ,
xiǎo小
xīn心
chù触
méi霉
tóu头
 。

Don't say such things during someone's happy occasion, or you might bring bad luck.

Chù触
méi霉
tóu头
de的
shì事
dōu都
ràng让
tā他
pèng碰
shàng上
le了
 。

All kinds of unlucky things have happened to him.