活该
huó gāi
Pinyin

Definition

活该
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huó gāi
  1. (coll.) serve sb right
  2. deservedly
  3. ought
  4. should

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

活
huó
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 alive
  3. 3 living
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 workmanship
活动
huó dòng
  1. 1 to exercise
  2. 2 to move about
  3. 3 to operate
  4. 4 to use connections (personal influence)
  5. 5 loose
  6. 6 shaky
  7. 7 active
  8. 8 movable
  9. 9 activity
  10. 10 campaign
  11. 11 maneuver
  12. 12 behavior
  13. 13 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
复活
fù huó
  1. 1 to revive
  2. 2 (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  3. 3 (religion) resurrection
忙活
máng huo
  1. 1 to be really busy
  2. 2 pressing business
死活
sǐ huó
  1. 1 life or death
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 no matter what
  4. 4 anyway
  5. 5 for the life of me
活佛
huó fó
  1. 1 Living Buddha
  2. 2 title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
活力
huó lì
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 vitality
  3. 3 vigor
  4. 4 vital force
活活
huó huó
  1. 1 while still alive
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 totally
活泼
huó po
  1. 1 lively
  2. 2 vivacious
  3. 3 brisk
  4. 4 active
  5. 5 (chemistry) reactive
活该
huó gāi
  1. 1 (coll.) serve sb right
  2. 2 deservedly
  3. 3 ought
  4. 4 should
活跃
huó yuè
  1. 1 active
  2. 2 lively
  3. 3 excited
  4. 4 to enliven
  5. 5 to brighten up
激活
jī huó
  1. 1 to activate
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
灵活
líng huó
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 nimble
  3. 3 agile
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
做活
zuò huó
  1. 1 to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
  2. 2 life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wéi qí]
出活
chū huó
  1. 1 to finish a job on time
  2. 2 to produce the goods
口活
kǒu huó
  1. 1 oral sex

Idioms (16)

不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
  1. 1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer terribly
  3. 3 within an inch of one's life
死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù
  1. 1 regardless of life or death (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
  1. 1 lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
活到老，学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
  1. 1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
活蹦乱跳
huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. 2 healthy and active
活灵活现
huó líng huó xiàn
  1. 1 living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
  2. 2 vivid and realistic
活龙活现
huó lóng huó xiàn
  1. 1 living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life
  2. 2 vivid and realistic
生吞活剥
shēng tūn huó bō
  1. 1 to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
养家活口
yǎng jiā huó kǒu
  1. 1 to support one's family (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这是他活该。谁让他在外面偷吃？哎！你说，章文武看起来挺正人君子的，怎么也是个花心大萝卜？
zhè shì tā huógāi 。shéi ràng tā zài wàimiàn tōuchī ？āi ！nǐ shuō ，Zhāng Wénwǔ kànqǐlái tǐng zhèngrénjūnzǐ de ，zěnme yě shì ge huāxīn dà luóbo ？
It serves him right. Who made him get a little somethin' on the side? Ai-yigh-yigh. Tell me, Zhang Wenwu looks like a real gentleman. How is it possible that he's also a lover-boy?
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活该应了谁说过的不知检点，
huógāi yìng le shéi shuō guò de bùzhījiǎndiǎnr ，
It serves me right, not knowing to be restrained in the ways people say one should
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