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活该
huó gāi
serves you right
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What does 活该 mean?
活该 (pinyin: huó gāi) means serves you right. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 活该
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 活 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 该
The characters of 活该
| 活 | huó | component character |
| 该 | gāi | component character |
Related HSK 6 words
| 玩弄 | wán nòng | to play with, to trifle with |
| 垄断 | lǒng duàn | monopoly |
| 不愧 | bù kuì | worthy of, deserve |
| 上瘾 | shàng yǐn | addiction, to be addicted |
| 辜负 | gū fù | disappoint, let down |
| 公道 | gōng dào | justice; fair |
| 腐蚀 | fǔ shí | corrode |
| 利率 | lì lǜ | interest rate |
Full HSK 6 list · Translate a sentence with 活该
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