We're done for.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
完蛋
(coll.) to be done for
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(coll.) to be done for
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 完蛋 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 完蛋 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Our goose is cooked.
His political career is done for.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 完蛋.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 完蛋.
Directly before
- 就完蛋1
- 我们完蛋1
- 生涯完蛋1
- 全完蛋1
Directly after
- 完蛋了7
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 完蛋
What does 完蛋 mean in Chinese?
完蛋 (wándàn) means (coll.) to be done for.
How do you pronounce 完蛋?
完蛋 is pronounced wándàn.
Is 完蛋 an HSK word?
完蛋 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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