三好加一好

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Chinese

three good; well; be fond of to add; plus
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
 good; well; be fond of
trad. (三好加一好) 三 好 加 一 好
simp. #(三好加一好) 三 好 加 一 好

Etymology

A euphemism based on tetraphobia of 四好 (sì hó, literally “4 benefits”) (since 3 + 1 = 4), a homophonic phrase in Taiwanese for 死好 (sí hó, “You deserve it”, literally “(Your) death is good”).

Pronunciation

Phrase

三好加一好

  1. (Taiwan, colloquial, derogatory, euphemistic) You deserve it.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 活該
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 活該, 死好
Harbin 活該
Singapore 活該
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 活該
Xi'an 活該
Cantonese Guangzhou 抵死
Hong Kong 抵死
Taishan 抵死
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 該然, 該死, 死好
Jin Taiyuan 活該
Northern Min Jian'ou 該死
Southern Min Xiamen 合該, 合該然
Taichung 應該, 死好, 三好加一好
Jieyang 堪該, 堪該死
Wu Ningbo 該死
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