xui xẻo
Definition
- Adjective:
- Unlucky / unfortunate: Describes a person, event, or situation marked by bad luck or misfortune.
- Jinxed / ill-fated: Suggests a persistent or inherent tendency to experience bad luck.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Hôm nay tôi thật là xui xẻo. (Today I am really unlucky.)
- Đó là một ngày xui xẻo, mọi thứ đều hỏng hóc. (That was an unlucky day; everything broke down.)
- Anh ấy cảm thấy mình là người xui xẻo. (He feels he is a jinxed person.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in a colloquial, conversational tone to describe minor or major streaks of bad fortune.
- It can be used as a predicate adjective or attributively before a noun.
Variants and Related Words
Xui (adj): A shortened, more informal form of "xui xẻo," meaning unlucky.
- Ván bài này xui quá! (This card game is so unlucky!)
Vận xui (n): A noun phrase meaning "a streak of bad luck" or "misfortune."
- Cô ấy đang gặp vận xui. (She is encountering a streak of bad luck.)
Synonyms
- Unlucky: Having or marked by bad luck.
- Unfortunate: Characterized by misfortune.
- Jinxed: Believed to bring or be subject to bad luck.
- Ill-fated: Destined to fail or have bad luck.
Related Idioms
Xui xẻo đeo bám: Bad luck is clinging (to someone). This idiom emphasizes persistent misfortune.
- Dạo này xui xẻo cứ đeo bám anh ta. (Lately, bad luck just keeps clinging to him.)
Xui xẻo như trúng số: As unlucky as winning the lottery (in a negative, ironic sense). This idiom sarcastically compares a high probability of bad luck to the low probability of winning a lottery.
- Bị cảm vào ngày nghỉ, xui xẻo như trúng số. (Getting sick on a day off is as unlucky as winning the lottery.)