Definition

1. Noun:
   • Bad luck; ill luck; misfortune: A state or instance of unfortunate events or circumstances.
   • A recurring streak of bad luck: A pattern or series of repeated misfortunes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy gặp dớp khi liên tục thất bại trong công việc. (He encountered bad luck when he continuously failed in his work.)
  • Căn nhà này có dớp, nhiều chủ cũ đều gặp chuyện không hay. (This house has a streak of misfortune; many previous owners have encountered unpleasant things.)

Advanced Usage

• "mang dớp" / "có dớp": to be plagued by bad luck; to have a jinx.
  • Đội bóng đó dường như mang dớp thua ở sân khách. (That football team seems to be jinxed with losses at away games.)
• "dớp đeo bám": persistent bad luck.
  • Sau vụ tai nạn, dớp cứ đeo bám anh ta suốt mấy năm. (After the accident, bad luck persistently followed him for several years.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vận rủi (n): misfortune, bad fortune. (A more general synonym).
• Xui xẻo (adj/n): unlucky, bad luck. (A more common, colloquial term for misfortune).

Synonyms

• Vận hạn: a period of bad luck or calamity.
• Đen đủi: (colloquial) to be very unlucky.

Related Idioms

• "Dớp như Kiều": To have extreme misfortune, akin to the protagonist Thúy Kiều in "The Tale of Kiều".
  • Năm nay cô ấy dớp như Kiều, chuyện gì cũng không thành. (This year she has had extreme misfortune; nothing has worked out for her.)
• "Có dớp ăn ớt cũng cay": (Literally: Having bad luck, even eating chili is spicy). Used to emphasize that when one is unlucky, even ordinary things go wrong.
  • Đúng là có dớp ăn ớt cũng cay, đi mua đồ cũng hết hàng. (It's true that when you have bad luck, even eating chili is spicy; I went shopping and the items were out of stock.)

noun

1. Bad luck; ill luck; misfortune